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劈头

pī tóu

2-character word Traditional 劈頭

What 劈头 means

1. straight away; right off the bat
2. right on the head; right in the face

The characters in 劈头

• 劈pīto hack; to chop; to split open
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words starting with 劈头

• 劈头盖脸pī tóu gài liǎnlit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)…

Sounds the same

Read pī tóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批头screwdriving bits

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