苗头
miáo tou
Pinyin

Definition

苗头
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miáo tou
  1. first signs
  2. development (of a situation)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

疫苗
yì miáo
  1. 1 vaccine
苗
Miáo
  1. 1 Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
  2. 2 surname Miao
苗条
miáo tiao
  1. 1 (of a woman) slim
  2. 2 slender
  3. 3 graceful
揠苗助长
yà miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 see 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[bá miáo zhù zhǎng]
树苗
shù miáo
  1. 1 sapling
火苗
huǒ miáo
  1. 1 flame
禾苗
hé miáo
  1. 1 seedling (of rice or other grain)
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē]
苗圃
Miáo Pǔ
  1. 1 Miao Pu (1977-), PRC actress
苗子
miáo zi
  1. 1 young successor
  2. 2 seedling
  3. 3 sapling
苗家
Miáo jiā
  1. 1 see 苗族[Miáo zú]
苗族
Miáo zú
  1. 1 Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
苗头
miáo tou
  1. 1 first signs
  2. 2 development (of a situation)
蒜苗
suàn miáo
  1. 1 garlic shoot
  2. 2 garlic sprouts
豆苗
dòu miáo
  1. 1 pea shoots
  2. 2 bean seedling
出苗
chū miáo
  1. 1 to sprout
  2. 2 to come out (of seedling)
  3. 3 to bud
卡介苗
kǎ jiè miáo
  1. 1 BCG vaccine
  2. 2 bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
嫩苗
nèn miáo
  1. 1 seedling
  2. 2 soft shoots
  3. 3 sprout
幼苗
yòu miáo
  1. 1 young sprout
  2. 2 bud
  3. 3 sapling
  4. 4 seedling
独苗
dú miáo
  1. 1 only child
  2. 2 sole scion
秧苗
yāng miáo
  1. 1 seedling

Idioms (2)

互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

Sample Sentences