méi​tóu​cāng​ying

headless fly

  • created reference approved 没头苍蝇/沒頭蒼蠅 → 只/隻 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    没头苍蝇 / 沒頭蒼蠅 méi​tóu​cāng​ying

    只 / 隻 zhī

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 没头苍蝇/沒頭蒼蠅 → 无头苍蝇/無頭蒼蠅 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    没头苍蝇 / 沒頭蒼蠅 méi​tóu​cāng​ying

    无头苍蝇 / 無頭蒼蠅 wú​tóu​cāng​ying

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 没头苍蝇/沒頭蒼蠅 · méi​tóu​cāng​ying · headless fly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    没头苍蝇 / 沒頭蒼蠅

    méi​tóu​cāng​ying

    headless fly

    someone who rushes around frantically or acts aimlessly without thinking; a person who lacks direction and panics like a fly with its head cut off

    méi​tóu​cāng​yíng

    没 (literal) → 没/沒 · méi · not have 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head 苍蝇 (literal) → 苍蝇/蒼蠅 · cāng​ying · fly

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense