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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
[ba1] /to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail/ 4961 1
大尾巴狼 大尾巴狼 [da4 yi3 ba5 lang2] /(coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc/ 1979 1
狗尾巴草 狗尾巴草 [[gou3wei3ba5cao3]] /see 狗尾草[gou3wei3cao3]/ 49 2
狐狸尾巴 狐狸尾巴 [hu2 li5 wei3 ba5] /lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions/to reveal one's evil nature/evidence that reveals the villain/ 6333 1
夾起尾巴 夹起尾巴 [jia1 qi3 wei3 ba5] /to tuck one's tail between one's legs/fig. to back down/in a humiliating situation/ 6639 1
夾尾巴 夹尾巴 [jia1 wei3 ba5] /to have one's tail between one's legs/ 5289 1
留尾巴 留尾巴 [liu2 wei3 ba5] /to leave loose ends/to leave matters unresolved/ 6101 1
翹尾巴 翘尾巴 [qiao4 wei3 ba5] /to be cocky/ 7101 1
兔子尾巴長不了 兔子尾巴长不了 [tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3] /rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)/its days are numbered/won't last long/ 2215 1
拖尾巴 拖尾巴 [tuo1 wei3 ba5] /to obstruct/to be a drag on sb/to delay finishing off a job/ 6794 1
尾巴 尾巴 [wei3 ba5] /tail/colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]/ 3843 1

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