龙头蛇尾

lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish

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= 𠂇 + + : Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.
dragon / CL:條|条[tiao2] / imperial

= 𠂇 + + : Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.
faucet / water tap / bicycle handle bar / chief (esp. of gang) / boss / decision maker / (market) leader (of companies) / front end of mud-flow / figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船
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]

= + : 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.
suffix for nouns
variant of 蛇[she2]
snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the death of a mosquito (虫) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He took a blood sample from the mosquito and analyzes it with his computer (它). It turns out that the mosquito stung the venomous snake (蛇) which is sleeping across the hall, and the venom killed the mosquito.
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

= + : 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.
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

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