头重脚轻

頭重腳輕
tóuzhòngjiǎoqīng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 head heavy, feet light
  2. 2 top-heavy and unbalanced
  3. 3 dizzy and unsteady

Examples

Hē le liǎng bēi jiù tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng de.
After just two drinks I was dizzy and unsteady.
Wénzhāng tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng, jiéwěi tài cāngcù le.
The essay is top-heavy — the ending is too rushed.
Gōngsī guǎnlǐ céng péngzhàng, tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng, xiàolǜ hěn dī.
The company's bloated management makes it top-heavy and inefficient.

Tips

usage
Works both literally (feeling dizzy after drinking or standing up too fast) and figuratively (for essays, organizations, or structures that have too much weight at the top and weak foundations).

Stroke Order

tóu
zhòng
jiǎo
qīng