剃光头

剃光頭
tìguāngtóu
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to be utterly shut out, to fail to score any points or place at all
  2. 2 to shave one's head bald (literal)

Examples

Zhè cì bǐsài wǒmen duì jūrán tìguāngtóu, yī fēn wèi dé.
Our team got shut out this match — didn't score a single point.
Gāokǎo qián tā zuì pà shùxué tìguāngtóu.
Before the college entrance exam he dreaded bombing maths — zero marks.

Tips

memory
Literally 'to shave the head bald' — leaving nothing on top. In competitions or exams, 剃光头 means coming out 'bald,' i.e. with nothing to show for it.

Stroke Order

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