歪瓜劣枣 (歪瓜劣棗)
wāi guā liè zǎo
Pinyin

Definition

歪瓜劣枣 (歪瓜劣棗)
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wāi guā liè zǎo
  1. ugly
  2. repulsive
  3. also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wāi guā liè zǎo]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shǎ guā
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 fool
è liè
  1. 1 vile
  2. 2 nasty
  3. 3 of very poor quality
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 classifier: 颗 kē
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 个 ge
huáng guā
  1. 1 cucumber
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo

Idioms (16)

七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
优胜劣汰
yōu shèng liè tài
  1. 1 survival of the fittest (idiom)
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

Sample Sentences

得赶紧上网发广告,再晚了就租不到好的了。我可不想随便带个歪瓜劣枣的回去。
děi gǎnjǐn shàngwǎng fā guǎnggào ,zài wǎn le jiù zūbùdào hǎo de le 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng suíbiàn dài gè wāiguālièzǎo de huíqu 。
You should get online quick and put up an ad. If you wait too long, then you won't be able to rent a good one. I don't want to just randomly take home somebody all ugly.
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