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苗头

miáo tou

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 苗頭

苗头 (miáo tou) means "first signs; development (of a situation)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 苗头 means

1. first signs
2. development (of a situation)

The characters in 苗头

• 苗miáosprout
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words containing 苗头

• 别苗头bié miáo tou(dialect) to compete with; to pit oneself against

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