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摔跟头

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Collocation

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摔过跟头
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摔了跟头
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老摔跟头
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摔个大跟头

Definition

摔跟头

Literally means:

trip and fall

Actually means:

make a blunder

It figuratively means suffering a setback or making a blunder.

比喻遭受挫折或犯错误。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Zhège
这个
xīn
lái
de
xuéshēng
大学生
tài
jiāoào
骄傲
  
,
zuòshì
做事
jīngcháng
经常
zuōzhǔzhāng
自作主张
  
,
jiā
大家
dōu
shuō
dānxīn
担心
chū
wèn
问题
  
,
shuāi
gēntou
跟头
  

The new college student is too proud to do things often self-advocacy, we all said that worried about his big problem, fell a big heel.

2
Lǎobǎn
老板
duì
shuō
  
:
wànshìkāitóunán
万事开头难
  
,
gāng
kāishǐ
开始
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
nánmiǎn
难免
shuāi
gēntou
跟头
  
,
dànshì
但是
guǎn
不管
shuāi
duōshǎo
多少
gēntou
跟头
  
,
dōu
yào
jiānchí
坚持
xià
下去
  

The boss said to him: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, at the beginning, it is inevitable to fall, but no matter how many heels, we must stick to it."

3
zuò
shìqíng
事情
hěn
wěnzhòng
稳重
  
,
zǒngshì
总是
kǎo
考虑
de
hěn
zhōuquán
周全
  
,
cónglái
从来
méi
chū
guò
máobìng
毛病
  
,
méi
shuāi
guò
gēntou
跟头
  

He's doing things very steadily, he's always well thought out, he's never had a problem, he's never fallen off his head.