尾巴

tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]

tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan

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

lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain

to be cocky

to have one's tail between one's legs

to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation

to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job

to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved

lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature

pig's tail (meat)

rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long

(coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc