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出头的椽子先烂

chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn

7-character word Traditional 出頭的椽子先爛

What 出头的椽子先烂 means

1. lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom)
2. fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack

The characters in 出头的椽子先烂

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 椽chuánbeam; rafter; classifier for rooms
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose