彻头彻尾

Traditional form:

徹頭徹尾

Pinyin (reading):

chètóuchèwěi

Definitions:

• lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
• through and through
• out and out
• from top to bottom

Characters:

• 彻 - penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 彻 - penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear

Traditional characters:

• 徹 - penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 徹 - penetrating, pervasive; to penetrate, to pass through
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear