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头脑

tóu nǎo

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 頭腦

头脑 (tóu nǎo) means "brains; mind; skull". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 头脑 means

1. brains
2. mind
3. skull
4. (fig.) gist (of a matter)
5. leader
6. boss

The characters in 头脑

• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head

Example sentences

• 头脑的结构很复杂。
  Tóunǎo de jiégòu hěn fùzá.
  The structure of the brain is complicated.
• 愚笨的头脑使腿受苦。
  A foolish head makes for weary feet.
• 想头脑变得聪明一些。
  I want to get smarter.
• 她真是让我莫不着头脑。
  Tā zhēnshi ràng wǒ mòbù zhe tóunǎo.
  I couldn't make her out at all.
• 没头脑和不高兴做了什幺事？
  What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
• 就连我们的头脑也遵守物理法则。
  Jiù lián wǒmen de tóunǎo yě zūnshǒu wùlǐ fǎzé.
  Even our brains are all subject to the laws of physics.

Words starting with 头脑

• 头脑风暴tóu nǎo fēng bàobrainstorming
• 头脑清楚tóu nǎo qīng chulucid; clear-headed; sensible
• 头脑发胀tóu nǎo fā zhàngswelling of the head (physical condition); fig. swellheaded; conceited
• 头脑简单四肢发达tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dáall brawn no brains

Words containing 头脑

• 摸不着头脑mō bu zháo tóu nǎoto be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss
• 冲昏头脑chōng hūn tóu nǎolit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally…

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