pop one 's head in and look about(tàn tóu tàn nǎo)

pop one 's head in and look about

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t à NT ó ut à NN à o, which means to stretch out your head and look left and right. It describes a sneaky visit. From Zhu Zi Yu Lei Da Xue Wu.

Discrimination of words

Probe: the head or upper body protrudes forward. He stretched out his head and looked left and right. A sneaky visit. Search for the brain

The origin of Idioms

Song Zhuxi's "Zhu Zi Yu Lei · Da Xue Wu": always go to him to explore, and you should also suspect that it has an advantage.

Idiom usage

Grammar: combined; used as predicate and attribute; with derogatory meaning; refers to people's careful prying.

Examples of Idioms

Chapter 38 of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: Li Kui is exploring in the river and struggling to get to the water. Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty chapter 45 of the complete story of the Water Margin: however, when he was making the fifth shift, he saw the Toutuo with a wooden fish coming to the alley to explore. The first volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: Chen Dalang met him, bowed to him and asked, "what do you say?" The old woman waved her hand and said, "it's still early. Now it's planted, but it hasn't sprouted yet. After another five or six years, it will blossom and bear fruit. Don't pry around here. I don't mind my own business. " In Chapter 28 of Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of the scholars in the Qing Dynasty, Ji Wei and Xiao Jinxuan's book of Bai Xiaxuan's entering Yangzhou: you can see that Zhuge is looking around there. Zhou Libo's "storm" part 2 4: a small man with a long face pokes his head outside the door of the outer room.

Chinese PinYin : tàn tóu tàn nǎo