| 巴头探脑 |
bā tóu tàn nǎo |
to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy / nosy |
| 巴 |
Bā |
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil) |
| 巴 |
bā |
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 探 |
tàn |
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward |
| 脑 |
nǎo |
brain / mind / head / essence |