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 yāo mó xiǎo chǒu insignificant wretch
兒不嫌母,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)
chū chǒu shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face
qí chǒu grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous
無比 qí chǒu wú bǐ extremely ugly; incomparably hideous
子不嫌母,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]
jiā chǒu family scandal; skeleton in the closet
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
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.
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
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]
biàn chǒu to disfigure
事 chǒu shì scandal
人多作怪 chǒu rén duō zuò guài ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
八怪 chǒu bā guài ugly person
劇 chǒu jù absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
化 chǒu huà to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify
妻近地家中寶 chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
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
小鴨 chǒu xiǎo yā "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1]; ugly duckling
怪 chǒu guài grotesque
惡 chǒu è ugly; repulsive
態 chǒu tài shameful performance; disgraceful situation
相 chǒu xiàng ugly expression; unsightly manners
聞 chǒu wén scandal
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