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
shameful
clown
ugly
scandal
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)
clown role in opera
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
to lose face
insignificant wretch
second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
grotesque
extremely ugly
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]
first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支
family scandal
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
clownfish
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)
to disfigure
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
scandal
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
ugly person
absurd drama
to defame
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
\The Ugly Duckling\ by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[ān tú shēng]
grotesque
shameful performance
ugly expression
scandal
to slander
ugly talk
let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
villain
to make a fool of oneself