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街头巷尾

jiē tóu xiàng wěidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f10c161876fe7bdb. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

街頭巷尾 街头巷尾 [jie1 tou2 xiang4 wei3] /top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city/

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Other forms in these source records: 街頭巷尾

  • 街
    jiē

    street / CL:條|条[tiáo]

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 巷
    xiàng

    lane / alley

  • 尾
    wěi

    tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

    yǐ

    horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.