wú tóu cāng ying

Traditional: 無頭蒼蠅

无头苍蝇 (wú tóu cāng ying) is a Chinese word meaning “headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)”.

Meanings

  1. 1headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)

Characters in 无头苍蝇

无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]头tóu · head苍cāng · dark blue蝇yíng · fly

Related words

头head头suffix for nouns无法unable to; incapable of无used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无not to have头发hair (on the head)无论no matter what or how毫无not in the least头儿leader无聊bored无关unrelated无辜innocent

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