Correct
看苗头
/ kàn miáo tóu /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
看不出什么苗头
2
看出什么苗头
3
要先看苗头再说
4
看看苗头不对，看看苗头对不对
Definition
看苗头
Literally means:
observe the straw in the wind
Actually means:
notice the changes (in someone's expression or the trend of development)
苗头, the changes in someone's expression or the trend of development.
This phrase refers to watching the new changes or trends of the development of things.
苗头，人的神情变化，或事物的发展趋势。
看苗头，观察人的语气、神情变化。也指观察事物的新近变化及发展趋势。
Example
Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语，中间可加入其他词语)
1
Tāmen
他们
liǎng
两
gè
个
yuè
越
shuō
说
shēngyīn
声音
yuè
越
xiǎng
响
,
wǒ
我
kàn
看
miáotou
苗头
bùduì
不对
,
pà
怕
tāmen
他们
yào
要
chǎo
吵
qǐlai
起来
,
jiù
就
gǎnjǐn
赶紧
shàngqù
上去
bǎ
把
tāmen
他们
lākāi
拉开
le
了
。
The louder the two of them said, the more I thought it was wrong, for fear that they would quarrel, and hurried up and pulled them away.
2
Nātiān
那天
tāmen
他们
yào
要
wǒ
我
péi
陪
zhāo
着
yīqǐ
一起
dǎpái
打牌
,
wǒ
我
bù
不
rènshi
认识
qízhōng
其中
de
的
yī
一
gè
个
,
dàn
但
kàn
看
tā
他
shuōhuà
说话
de
的
miáotou
苗头
bùduì
不对
,
jiù
就
jièkǒu
借口
yǒushì
有事
líkāi
离开
le
了
。
The other day they asked me to play cards with me, I don't know one of them, but to see him speak wrong, on the pretext of something left.
3
Zhè
这
qián
钱
zànshí
暂时
bùyào
不要
jiè
借
gěi
给
tā
他
,
nǐ
你
xiān
先
yào
要
kànkan
看看
miáotou
苗头
zàishuō
再说
。
Don't lend him the money for the time being.