







没头苍蝇 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe someone who rushes about blindly or aimlessly, without direction or purpose, often causing confusion or trouble; like a headless chicken”. Literally, “headless fly”.

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Open the tool →没头苍蝇 (méi tóu cāng ying) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe someone who rushes about blindly or aimlessly, without direction or purpose, often causing confusion or trouble; like a headless chicken”.
没头苍蝇 is pronounced méi tóu cāng ying in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 没头苍蝇 means “headless fly”. It is used to mean “to describe someone who rushes about blindly or aimlessly, without direction or purpose, often causing confusion or trouble; like a headless chicken”.
比喻乱闯乱碰的人。