I read the book from cover to cover.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
从头到尾
from start to finish
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
from start to finish
02
from head to tail
03
the whole (thing)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 从头到尾 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 从头到尾 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I read the book from beginning to end.
I found this book interesting from beginning to end.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 从头到尾.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 从头到尾.
Directly before
- 本书从头到尾2
- 故事从头到尾1
- 我从头到尾1
Directly after
- 从头到尾给1
- 从头到尾读1
- 从头到尾都1
- 从头到尾看1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 从头到尾
What does 从头到尾 mean in Chinese?
从头到尾 (cóngtóudàowěi) means from start to finish.
How do you pronounce 从头到尾?
从头到尾 is pronounced cóngtóudàowěi.
Is 从头到尾 an HSK word?
从头到尾 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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