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老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头

lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou

11-character word Traditional 老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭

What 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 means

1. when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
2. the tip of the iceberg
3. the cockroach principle

The characters in 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 锨xiānshovel
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top