摔跟头 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

摔过跟头

2

摔了跟头

3

老摔跟头

4

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

新

lái

来

de

的

dàxuéshēng

大学生

tài

太

jiāoào

骄傲

,

zuòshì

做事

jīngcháng

经常

zìzuōzhǔzhāng

自作主张

,

dàjiā

大家

dōu

都

shuō

说

dānxīn

担心

tā

他

chū

出

dà

大

wèntí

问题

,

shuāi

摔

gè

个

dà

大

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

对

tā

他

shuō

说

:

wànshìkāitóunán

万事开头难

,

gāng

刚

kāishǐ

开始

de

的

shíhou

时候

,

nánmiǎn

难免

shuāi

摔

gēntou

跟头

,

dànshì

但是

bùguǎn

不管

shuāi

摔

duōshǎo

多少

gēntou

跟头

,

dōu

都

yào

要

jiānchí

坚持

xiàqù

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

Tā

他

zuò

做

shìqíng

事情

hěn

很

wěnzhòng

稳重

,

zǒngshì

总是

kǎolǜ

考虑

de

得

hěn

很

zhōuquán

周全

,

cónglái

从来

méi

没

chū

出

guò

过

máobìng

毛病

,

méi

没

shuāi

摔

guò

过

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.