埋头
mái tóu
Pinyin

Definition

埋头
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mái tóu
  1. to immerse oneself in
  2. engrossed in sth
  3. to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
  4. countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

埋
mái
  1. 1 to bury
埋伏
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
埋怨
mán yuàn
  1. 1 to complain
  2. 2 to grumble (about)
  3. 3 to reproach
  4. 4 to blame
埋没
mái mò
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to bury
  3. 3 to overlook
  4. 4 to stifle
  5. 5 to neglect
  6. 6 to fall into oblivion
埋葬
mái zàng
  1. 1 to bury
埋藏
mái cáng
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 to hide by burying
  3. 3 hidden
埋头
mái tóu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in
  2. 2 engrossed in sth
  3. 3 to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
  4. 4 countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
埋名
mái míng
  1. 1 to conceal one's identity
  2. 2 to live incognito
埋单
mái dān
  1. 1 to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
  2. 2 (fig.) to bear responsibility
埋天怨地
mán tiān yuàn dì
  1. 1 lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth
  2. 2 fig. to rave and rant
埋汰
mái tai
  1. 1 (dialect) dirty
  2. 2 to mock sb
埋线
mái xiàn
  1. 1 sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
埋设
mái shè
  1. 1 to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground
埋首
mái shǒu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
掩埋
yǎn mái
  1. 1 to bury
活埋
huó mái
  1. 1 to bury alive

Idioms (2)

埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
葬玉埋香
zàng yù mái xiāng
  1. 1 lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person

Sample Sentences

那我就尽量不说，埋头吃饭好了。
nà wǒ jiù jǐnliàng bù shuō ，máitóu chīfàn hǎo le 。
Then I'll do my best to not speak and just focus on eating.
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是。以前有点儿埋头傻干。其实我们早就该在重点产品和重点客户上下功夫了。
shì 。yǐqián yǒudiǎnr5 máitóu shǎ gàn 。qíshí wǒmen zǎo jiù gāi zài zhòngdiǎn chǎnpǐn hé zhòngdiǎn kèhù shang xià gōngfu le 。
Yes. Before we were kind of spinning our wheels. Actually, we should have been focusing our efforts on our key products and customers.
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