surname Chou

clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°

to make a fool of oneself

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

to lose face

second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045

grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous

first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支; by ext., the earthly branches

family scandal; skeleton in the closet

twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069

(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display

fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033

thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising

to make a fool of oneself

(idiom) insignificant wretch

(idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon