吃回頭草

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (吃回頭草)		吃	回頭	草
simp. (吃回头草)		吃	回头	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī huítóucǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī huítóucǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih huéitóucǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ hui²-tʻou²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chr̄ hwéi-tóu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy hweitourtsao
    • Palladius: чи хуэйтоуцао (či xuejtoucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

吃回頭草

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to dwell on past actions; to backtrack

Related terms

• 好馬不吃回頭草／好马不吃回头草 (hǎo mǎ bù chī huítóu cǎo)