丑小鸭 (醜小鴨)
Chǒu Xiǎo yā
Pinyin

Definition

丑小鸭 (醜小鴨)
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Chǒu Xiǎo yā
  1. "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[Ān tú shēng]
丑小鸭 (醜小鴨)
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chǒu xiǎo yā
  1. ugly duckling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

丑小鸭变天鹅。
chǒuxiǎoyā biàn tiān é 。
The ugly duckling becomes a swan.
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丑小鸭
chǒuxiǎoyā
ugly duckling
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丑小鸭变成了天鹅。
chǒuxiǎoyā biànchéng le tiān\'é 。
The ugly duckling turned into a swan.
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