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臭老九

chòu lǎo jiǔ

Definitions

  1. 1. stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)

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Child Words of 臭老九

九
jiǔ

nine

臭
chòu

stench

臭
xiù

sense of smell

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity