冒头 (mào) — to begin to appear, to crop up (of negative things)
Definition
Literally 'to poke its head out': a problem or trend just beginning to show itself, almost always with a negative or unwelcome sense. Read like a 离合词: 冒 + 了 + 次 + 头 (e.g. 刚冒了头, 冒过一次头).
verb
to begin to appearto crop up (of negative things)
Examples
- 冒头。Zuì jìn zhè zhǒng bù liáng fēng qì yòu kāi shǐ mào le.Lately this unhealthy trend has started to crop up again.
- ，。Wèn tí gāng mào le tóu, jiù bèi lǐng dǎo fā xiàn le.The problem had just begun to appear when the leader discovered it.
- 。Zhè zhǒng cuò wù zài kǎo shì zhōng mào guò yí cì tóu.This kind of mistake cropped up once in the exam.
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