yáng​tóu

sheep's head

  • created sense approved 羊头/羊頭 · yáng​tóu · sheep's head — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊头 / 羊頭

    yáng​tóu

    sheep's head

    the head of a sheep

    羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 羊头/羊頭 · yáng​tóu · advertising facade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊头 / 羊頭

    yáng​tóu

    advertising facade

    figuratively refers to an advertisement for high-quality goods, often used in the idiom [[挂羊头卖狗肉|掛羊頭賣狗肉|gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4]] to describe deceptive marketing

    羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head

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

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