尾大不掉

尾
大
不
掉
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates

Characters and words in 尾大不掉

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
大
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
大
dà = d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
掉
diào = di + ao4
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
掉 = 卓 + 扌 : In the aorta's bathroom (ao4) Dorothy Gale (di) practices playing a banjo (卓) using two toy claws (扌), but she makes a mistake and accidentally drops (掉) the banjo. After the crash, the banjo is completely ruined.

Words with 尾大不掉

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Sentences with 尾大不掉

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