苗头

zhù yì shì gù de miáo tou

注意事故的苗头。

Watch out for the tell-tale signs of accidents.

tā yī kàn miáo tou bù duì jiù liū zǒu le

他一看苗头不对就溜走了。

He slipped off when he saw what was going to happen.

lù chū le miáo tou

露出了苗头

sign of a new trend emerging

wǒ men de shì qing yǒu diǎn miáo tou le

我们的事情有点苗头了。

Our affairs are showing signs of development.

yǒu wù jià gāo zhǎng de miáo tou

有物价高涨的苗头

show a tendency to inflation

yì zhì huài miáo tou

抑制坏苗头

restrain a harmful trend when the symptoms appear

hǎo miáo tou

好苗头

symptom of a good trend

rú cǐ wēi xiǎo de miáo tou yǐ jīng dǎo zhì xǔ duō zhòng yào de jié guǒ

如此微小的苗头已经导致许多重要的结果。

From such a small beginning there have proceeded many important decisions.

tā men zǎo jiù yǒu lí hūn de miáo tou le

他们早就有离婚的苗头了。

They long ago showed signs of splitting up.