龍頭蛇尾 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 龙头蛇尾 lóngtóushéwěi ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄨㄟˇ lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom) fig. a strong start but weak finish Character by character 龍(lóng)surname Long 頭(tóu)head 蛇(shé)snake 尾(wěi)tail A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0