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丑
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Definitions
- 1. clown
- 2. 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
- 3. ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
- 4. shameful
- 5. ugly
- 6. disgraceful
Words Containing 丑
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
scandal
villain
ugly expression
ugly
family scandal
shameful
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
to lose face
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
\The Ugly Duckling\ by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[ān tú shēng]
grotesque
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
clown role in opera
absurd drama
ugly talk
let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
scandal
ugly person
to defame
fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
insignificant wretch
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
to disfigure
(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
clownfish
extremely ugly
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
shameful performance
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)
to make a fool of oneself
ugly
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
clown
see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín]
grotesque
to slander
scandal
first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支