醜 chǒu

ugly looking, homely; disgraceful

DEFINITIONS

  • ugly looking, homely
  • disgraceful
  • surname Chou
  • clown
  • 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
  • shameful
  • ugly
  • disgraceful

WORDS

么麼小醜 yāo mó xiǎo chǒu insignificant wretch
兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu ， gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
出醜 chū chǒu shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face
奇醜 qí chǒu grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous
奇醜無比 qí chǒu wú bǐ extremely ugly; incomparably hideous
子不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu ， gǒu bù xián jiā pín see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2]
家醜 jiā chǒu family scandal; skeleton in the closet
家醜不可外傳 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán ， liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
矮醜窮 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]
變醜 biàn chǒu to disfigure
醜事 chǒu shì scandal
醜人多作怪 chǒu rén duō zuò guài ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
醜八怪 chǒu bā guài ugly person
醜劇 chǒu jù absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
醜化 chǒu huà to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify
醜妻近地家中寶 chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom); fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
醜小鴨 chǒu xiǎo yā "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1]; ugly duckling
醜怪 chǒu guài grotesque
醜惡 chǒu è ugly; repulsive
醜態 chǒu tài shameful performance; disgraceful situation
醜相 chǒu xiàng ugly expression; unsightly manners
醜聞 chǒu wén scandal
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