clown(tiào liáng xiǎo chǒu)

clown

Joker, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ti à Oli á ngxi à och à u, which refers to a villain who can't make a big deal of trouble. It's from Chuang Tzu's xiaoyaoyou.

Idiom explanation

Jump beam: jump jump jump; clown: humble name to people.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's xiaoyaoyou says, "if you don't see the beaver alone, you have to bow down to wait for AO. You will jump from east to west, but you won't be able to rise." "Guoyu · zhouyu Shang": "Wang is still unbearable, Kuang Er clown?"

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's subject and object; it's derogatory. These clowns are really nothing! Chapter three of song Jingshi by Chen Baichen and Jia Ji

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] black sheep, snob and [antonym] upright man, man of lofty ideals

Chinese PinYin : tiào liáng xiǎo chǒu