老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头
Traditional: 老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭Dictionary entry
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
What does 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 mean?
老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 (lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou) has the following dictionary meaning.
1when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
2the tip of the iceberg
3the cockroach principle
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老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse拖tuōvariant of 拖[tuo1]木Mùsurname Mu锨xiānshovel大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)头tóuhead · hair style在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
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老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头
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