彻头彻尾

彻
徹
头
頭
彻
徹
尾
尾
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom

Characters and words in 彻头彻尾

彻
徹
chè = ch + e4
thorough / penetrating / to pervade / to pass through
彻 = 切 + 彳 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is thoroughly (彻) investigating his black sneakers (彳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He cuts (切) them very thoroughly right to the bone (彻).
头
頭
tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
头
頭
tou = t + ou5
suffix for nouns
尾
wěi = w + ei3
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
尾 = 尸 + 毛 : Willy Walrus (w) knows that there is a ghost (尸) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3), but he cannot see it, so he set up a trap: he put a lot of sticky hair (毛) everywhere, and eventually the hair stuck to the ghost's tail (尾). Now that Willy Walrus can see where the ghost is he is able to drive it out.
尾
yǐ = y + Ø3
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Words with 彻头彻尾

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Sentences with 彻头彻尾

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