跳梁小丑 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon

Character by character

• 跳tiàoto hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to da
• 梁liángbridge; beam, rafter; surname
• 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
• 丑chǒuugly; shameful; comedian, clown

Idioms sharing a character

• 心怦怦跳 xīn pēng pēng tiào
• 心惊肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào
• 暴跳如雷 bào tiào rú léi
• 欢蹦乱跳 huān bèng luàn tiào
• 活蹦乱跳 huó bèng luàn tiào
• 狗急跳墙 gǒu jí tiào qiáng
• 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng
• 鸡飞狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào
• 偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù
• 悬梁刺股 xuán liáng cì gǔ

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