彩头
cǎi tóu
Pinyin

Definition

彩头
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cǎi tóu
  1. good omen
  2. good luck (in business etc)
  3. profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
guāng cǎi
  1. 1 luster
  2. 2 splendor
  3. 3 radiance
  4. 4 brilliance
cǎi pái
  1. 1 dress rehearsal
cǎi piào
  1. 1 lottery ticket
cǎi hóng
  1. 1 rainbow
  2. 2 CL:道[dào]
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
cǎi tóu
  1. 1 good omen
  2. 2 good luck (in business etc)
  3. 3 profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
sè cǎi
  1. 1 tint
  2. 2 coloring
  3. 3 coloration
  4. 4 (fig.) flavor
  5. 5 character
fēng fù duō cǎi
  1. 1 richly colorful
qī cǎi
  1. 1 seven colors
  2. 2 a variety of colors
  3. 3 multi-colored
  4. 4 rainbow-colored
bù guāng cǎi
  1. 1 disgraceful
  2. 2 dishonorable
zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 to win a lottery
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
liàng cǎi
  1. 1 a bright color
  2. 2 sparkle
  3. 3 shine
  4. 4 glitter
dào cǎi
  1. 1 adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
liù hé cǎi
  1. 1 Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
jiǎn cǎi
  1. 1 to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
bó cǎi
  1. 1 lottery

Idioms (5)

五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
流光溢彩
liú guāng yì cǎi
  1. 1 lit. flowing light and overflowing color
  2. 2 brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
无精打彩
wú jīng dǎ cǎi
  1. 1 dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality
  2. 2 not lively

Sample Sentences

风调雨顺百花开、猴年亨通好彩头。
fēngtiáoyǔshùn bǎi huā kāi 、hóu nián hēngtōng hǎocǎitóu 。
May we have good rain and wind and may all the flowers blossom. May the year of the monkey go smoothly and be full of good omens.
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好彩头
hǎocǎitóu
good luck
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我醒来后做两三个平板,冥想十分钟,出卧室后干搓脸半分钟,头脑清晰后,马上投入到看书、写文、锻炼或做早餐中去,那开了个好头的一天就有好彩头。
wǒ xǐnglái hòu zuò liǎng sān gè píngbǎn ,míngxiǎng shí fēnzhōng ,chū wòshì hòu gān cuō liǎn bàn fēnzhōng ,tóunǎo qīngxī hòu ,mǎshàng tóurù dào kànshū 、xiěwén 、duànliàn huò zuò zǎocān zhōng qù ,nà kāi le gè hǎo tóu de yītiān jiù yǒu hǎocǎitóu 。
When I wake up, I do a couple of planks and meditate for ten minutes. I leave my bedroom and give myself a face massage for half a minute. When I'm fully awake, I launch myself into either reading, writing or breakfast making. With such a great start to the day, it's inevitable that I'm going to have a great day ahead of me.
这是讨个彩头,又不是真的要你吃很多。不吃年糕,明年怎么能走“高”呢。
zhè shì tǎo gè cǎitóu ,yòu bù shì zhēnde yào nǐ chī hěn duō 。bù chī niángāo ,míngnián zěnme néng zǒu “gāo ”ne 。
This is for the good omen. You aren't really going to eat a lot of it. If you don't eat rice cakes, how will you be able to go higher next year?
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