跳梁小丑 — Chinese idiom
跳梁小丑
tiào liáng xiǎo chǒu
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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