牛不喝水强按头
Traditional form:
牛不喝水強按頭
Pinyin (reading):
niúbùhēshuǐqiǎng'àntóu
Definitions:
- lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)
- fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
Characters:
- 牛 - ox, cow, bull
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 喝 - to drink; to shout, to call out
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 强 - strong, powerful, energetic
- 按 - to check, to control, to push, to restrain
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
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