Read Edit View history 虎头蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi fine start and poor finish Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虎头蛇尾 虎頭蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi fine start and poor finish Literally "tiger's head, snake's tail"; describes something that starts with a lot of energy and momentum but ends weakly or remains unfinished. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.330 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.491 per million Cross-References Antonym 有头有尾 yǒutóuyǒuwěiReferenced by 龙头蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
虎头蛇尾 虎頭蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi fine start and poor finish Literally "tiger's head, snake's tail"; describes something that starts with a lot of energy and momentum but ends weakly or remains unfinished. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.330 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.491 per million Cross-References Antonym 有头有尾 yǒutóuyǒuwěiReferenced by 龙头蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)