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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *醜* | 醜* | *醜
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
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°
HSK 5
scandal
HSK 7-9
clown
HSK 7-9
ugly / repulsive
HSK 7-9
to make a fool of oneself
HSK 7-9
ugly
HSK 7-9
"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生
ugly duckling
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
surname Chou
shameful performance / disgraceful situation
ugly person
scandal
clownfish / anemonefish
(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity
to defame / to libel / to defile / to smear / to vilify
family scandal / skeleton in the closet
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
scandal
villain / evil person
ugly expression / unsightly manners
to slander
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
to make a fool of oneself
second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
clown role in opera / clown / buffoon
(idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon
grotesque
to lose face
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
(slang) United States; USA; US
first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支 / by ext., the earthly branches
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
let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
(idiom) insignificant wretch
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 / hideous
extremely ugly / incomparably hideous
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)


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