栽跟头
zāi gēn tou
Pinyin

Definition

栽跟头
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zāi gēn tou
  1. to fall head over heels
  2. (fig.) to come a cropper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

跟
gēn
  1. 1 heel
  2. 2 to follow closely
  3. 3 to go with
  4. 4 (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. 5 with
  6. 6 compared with
  7. 7 to
  8. 8 towards
  9. 9 and (joining two nouns)
高跟鞋
gāo gēn xié
  1. 1 high-heeled shoes
倒栽葱
dào zāi cōng
  1. 1 to fall headlong
  2. 2 (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
栽
zāi
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to plant
  3. 3 to insert
  4. 4 to force on sb
  5. 5 to fall head first
栽倒
zāi dǎo
  1. 1 to take a fall
栽培
zāi péi
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to cultivate
  3. 3 to train
  4. 4 to educate
  5. 5 to patronize
栽种
zāi zhòng
  1. 1 to plant
  2. 2 to grow
栽赃
zāi zāng
  1. 1 to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
栽跟头
zāi gēn tou
  1. 1 to fall head over heels
  2. 2 (fig.) to come a cropper
盆栽
pén zāi
  1. 1 growing plants in pots
  2. 2 Japanese: bonsai
移栽
yí zāi
  1. 1 to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)
站稳脚跟
zhàn wěn jiǎo gēn
  1. 1 to stand firmly
  2. 2 to gain a foothold
  3. 3 to establish oneself
紧跟
jǐn gēn
  1. 1 to follow precisely
  2. 2 to comply with
翻跟斗
fān gēn dǒu
  1. 1 to turn a somersault
翻跟头
fān gēn tou
  1. 1 to turn a somersault
脚后跟
jiǎo hòu gēn
  1. 1 heel
脚跟
jiǎo gēn
  1. 1 heel
认栽
rèn zāi
  1. 1 to admit defeat
跟上
gēn shàng
  1. 1 to catch up with
  2. 2 to keep pace with
跟前
gēn qián
  1. 1 the front (of)
  2. 2 (in) front
  3. 3 (in) sb's presence
  4. 4 just before (a date)

Idioms (2)

前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)

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