丑八怪
chǒu bā guài
Pinyin

Definition

丑八怪
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chǒu bā guài
  1. ugly person

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
十八
shí bā
  1. 1 eighteen
  2. 2 18
奇怪
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
怪
guài
  1. 1 bewildering
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 strange
  4. 4 uncanny
  5. 5 devil
  6. 6 monster
  7. 7 to wonder at
  8. 8 to blame
  9. 9 quite
  10. 10 rather
七七八八
qī qī bā bā
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearing completion
  3. 3 bits and piece
  4. 4 of all kinds
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
  1. 1 at sixes and sevens
  2. 2 perturbed state of mind
  3. 3 in a mess
三八
sān bā
  1. 1 International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 stupid
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
  1. 1 myriad
  2. 2 all kinds of
  3. 3 all sorts of
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
八佰伴
Bā bǎi bàn
  1. 1 Yaohan retail group
八十
bā shí
  1. 1 eighty
  2. 2 80
八卦
bā guà
  1. 1 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. 2 gossip
  3. 3 gossipy
八卦掌
bā guà zhǎng
  1. 1 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
八婆
bā pó
  1. 1 meddling woman
  2. 2 nosy parker (Cantonese)
八宝粥
bā bǎo zhōu
  1. 1 rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
八戒
bā jiè
  1. 1 the eight precepts (Buddhism)
八方
bā fāng
  1. 1 the eight points of the compass
  2. 2 all directions
八月
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
八角
bā jiǎo
  1. 1 anise
  2. 2 star anise
  3. 3 aniseed
  4. 4 octagonal
  5. 5 Fructus Anisi stellati

Idioms (20)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不足为怪
bù zú wéi guài
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
  1. 1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
才高八斗
cái gāo bā dǒu
  1. 1 of great talent (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)

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