clumsy and stupid(shǎ tóu shǎ nǎo)

clumsy and stupid

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is h ǎ t ó ush ǎ n ǎ o, which means to describe confused thinking and dementia. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The 99th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "it's just that I'm worried that Baoyu is still so stupid."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; it refers to being stupid. "Don't be so stupid, you'd better go back! Go to bed

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] clumsy [antonym]: smart

Chinese PinYin : shǎ tóu shǎ nǎo