枪打出头鸟 in English qiang1 da3 chu1 tou2 niao3 Meaning

Meanings

  • the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiomatic expression)
  • nonconformity gets punished

Simplified Characters

枪 打 出 头 鸟

Traditional Characters

槍 打 出 頭 鳥

Pinyin

qiang1 da3 chu1 tou2 niao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

枪qiang1surname Qiang 打da3dozen (loanword) 出chu1to go out 头tou2head 鸟niao3variant of 屌[diao3]