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尾巴

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

尾巴 [wěibɑ]
  1. 1. noun [尾部] tail
  2. 2. noun [残余] unfinished business
    今天的会议留了个尾巴
    Today's meeting left unfinished business.
  3. 3. noun [跟踪的人]
    他发现他的车后有个尾巴
    He discovered that his car was being tailed.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

尾巴 [wěibɑ]
  1. 1. tail
    夹起尾巴逃跑
    run away with one's tail between one's legs
    夹着尾巴做人
    tuck one's tail between one's legs; pull (or draw) one's horns in
  2. 2. tail-like part
    彗星尾巴
    the tail of a comet
  3. 3. servile adherent; appendage
    你为什么老做别人的尾巴,难道自己一点主见也没有?
    Why are you always tailing behind others? Don't you have any ideas of your own?
  4. 4. remaining part
  5. 5. a person shadowing somebody

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

尾巴 [wěibɑ]
  1. 1. 某些动物身体末端凸出的部分
    尾巴
    尾巴
  2. 2. 泛指事物的尾部
    尾巴
    尾巴
  3. 3. 比喻跟随或附和别人的人
    不能作群众的尾巴
  4. 4. 比喻跟踪盯梢的人
    注意,你后面有尾巴
  5. 5. 比喻事情的余留部分
    工程还有点儿尾巴

Examples

尾巴
wag the tail
狐狸尾巴总是要露出来的。
A fox cannot hide its tail. or The devil can't hide his cloven hoof.
抓住阴谋家的狐狸尾巴
seize hold of the evidence which gives the conspirator away
撅着尾巴
sticking up the tail
他做事老留个尾巴让我来收拾。
He always leaves some loose ends for me to clear up for him.
甩掉尾巴
throw off a pursuer; throw off a tail
问题要彻底解决,不要拖个尾巴
The problem must be solved once for all, without leaving any loose ends.
夹着尾巴做人
tuck one's tail between one's legs; pull (or draw) one's horns in

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