乙丑
yǐ chǒu
Pinyin

Definition

乙丑
 - 
yǐ chǒu
  1. second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丑
Chǒu
  1. 1 surname Chou
乙
yǐ
  1. 1 second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 second in order
  3. 3 letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  4. 4 second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yǐ fāng], as opposed to 甲方[jiǎ fāng])
  5. 5 ethyl
  6. 6 bent
  7. 7 winding
  8. 8 radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
  9. 9 ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
乙肝
yǐ gān
  1. 1 hepatitis B
乙醛
yǐ quán
  1. 1 acetaldehyde H3CCHO
  2. 2 ethanal
出丑
chū chǒu
  1. 1 shameful
  2. 2 scandalous
  3. 3 to be humiliated
  4. 4 to make a fool of sb or oneself
  5. 5 to make sb lose face
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
甲乙
jiǎ yǐ
  1. 1 first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
变丑
biàn chǒu
  1. 1 to disfigure
辛丑
xīn chǒu
  1. 1 thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
  2. 2 cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
丑恶
chǒu è
  1. 1 ugly
  2. 2 repulsive
丑态
chǒu tài
  1. 1 shameful performance
  2. 2 disgraceful situation
丑闻
chǒu wén
  1. 1 scandal
丑陋
chǒu lòu
  1. 1 ugly
丁丑
dīng chǒu
  1. 1 fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
丑时
chǒu shí
  1. 1 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
丑牛
chǒu niú
  1. 1 Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
丑角
chǒu jué
  1. 1 clown role in opera
  2. 2 clown
  3. 3 buffoon
丢丑
diū chǒu
  1. 1 to lose face
乙丑
yǐ chǒu
  1. 1 second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
乙卯
yǐ mǎo
  1. 1 fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035

Idioms (7)

家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外扬
jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
  1. 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
  1. 1 ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo
  1. 1 an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

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