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tail
colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]

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拖tuō 尾wěi 巴ba

to obstruct
to be a drag on sb
to delay finishing off a job

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留líu 尾wěi 巴ba

to leave loose ends
to leave matters unresolved

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夹jiā 尾wěi 巴ba

Trad. 夾尾巴

to have one's tail between one's legs

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猪zhū 尾wěi 巴ba

Trad. 豬尾巴

pig's tail (meat)

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翘qiào 尾wěi 巴ba

Trad. 翹尾巴

to be cocky

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大dà 尾yǐ 巴ba 狼láng

(coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc

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狐hú 狸li 尾wěi 巴ba

lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
to reveal one's evil nature
evidence that reveals the villain

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老lǎo 鼠shǔ 尾wěi 巴ba

lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature

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夹jiā 起qǐ 尾wěi 巴ba

Trad. 夾起尾巴

to tuck one's tail between one's legs
fig. to back down
in a humiliating situation

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兔tù 子zi 尾wěi 巴ba 长cháng 不bu 了liǎo

Trad. 兔子尾巴長不了

rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)
its days are numbered
won't last long

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