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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
HSK 5
ugly
HSK 7-9
scandal
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
surname Chou
ugly person
shameful performance / disgraceful situation
ugly / repulsive
HSK 7-9
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
scandal
ugly expression / unsightly manners
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity
to defame / to libel / to defile / to smear / to vilify
clown role in opera / clown / buffoon
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
grotesque
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生
ugly duckling
scandal
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
absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
(slang) United States; USA; US
villain / evil person
to slander
let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank


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