穿小鞋
chuān xiǎo xié
Pinyin

Definition

穿小鞋
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chuān xiǎo xié
  1. lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom)
  2. to make life difficult for sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
穿
chuān
  1. 1 to wear
  2. 2 to put on
  3. 3 to dress
  4. 4 to bore through
  5. 5 to pierce
  6. 6 to perforate
  7. 7 to penetrate
  8. 8 to pass through
  9. 9 to thread
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

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
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)

Sample Sentences

是啊，我们一个同事，人特别好，但就是不管在哪儿都喜欢抱怨，抓住谁就要说几句老板又怎么为难他了，哪个同事又怎么给他穿小鞋了。
shì a ，wǒmen yī gè tóngshì ，rén tèbié hǎo ，dàn jiù shì bùguǎn zài nǎr dōu xǐhuan bàoyuàn ，zhuāzhù shéi jiù yào shuō jǐjù lǎobǎn yòu zěnme wéinán tā le ，nǎge tóngshì yòu zěnme gěi tā chuān xiǎoxié le 。
Yes, one of our colleagues is really nice, but he always likes to complain regardless of the place. Whoever he comes upon he always needs to say a few words about how the boss has treating him, or how one of his colleagues is making trouble for him.
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这就过分了，她这样根本是给你穿小鞋。
zhè jiù guòfèn le ，tā zhèyàng gēnběn shì gěi nǐ chuānxiǎoxié 。
That's crossing a line. She's practically picking on you on purpose.
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我的顶头上司跟我不合，感觉她老想给我穿小鞋。我可不想在她手下受气。
wǒ de dǐngtóu shàngsī gēn wǒ bù hé ，gǎnjué tā lǎo xiǎng gěi wǒ chuān xiǎoxié 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng zài tā shǒuxià shòuqì 。
My direct superior and I don't get along well. I feel like she always tries to make things hard for me. I really don't want to be pushed around by her.
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