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牛不喝水強按頭
简 牛不喝水强按头 · 繁 牛不喝水強按頭Mandarin · pinyin niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu
Meanings
- lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)
- fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
Characters in this entry
- 牛
- niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 喝
- hē · drink; shout, call out
- 水
- shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 強
- qiáng · strong, powerful, energetic
- 按
- àn · put hand on, press down with hand
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 强
- qiáng · strong, powerful, energetic
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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Mandarin tones
2–4–1–3–3–4–2 · niu2 bu4 he1 shui3 qiang3 an4 tou2
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