| 枪打出头鸟 |
qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo |
the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished |
| 枪 |
Qiāng |
surname Qiang |
| 枪 |
qiāng |
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL:支,把,杆,条,枝 / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots |
| 枪 |
qiāng |
variant of 枪 / rifle / spear |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出头 |
chū tóu |
to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than |
| 出头鸟 |
chū tóu niǎo |
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished |
| 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 |
| 鸟 |
diǎo |
variant of 屌 / penis |
| 鸟 |
niǎo |
bird / CL:只,群 / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn |