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°

ugly

scandal

to make a fool of oneself

ugly person

ugly; repulsive

scandal

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

absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show

to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify

(slang) United States; USA; US

shameful performance; disgraceful situation

grotesque

1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)

ugly expression; unsightly manners

villain; evil person

scandal

clown role in opera; clown; buffoon

to slander

ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity

(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

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

(fig.) ugly duckling

clownfish; anemonefish

(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]

extremely ugly; incomparably hideous

(idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story

(idiom) insignificant wretch

(idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon

Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising

(saying) unattractive or untalented people tend to make spectacles of themselves

let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb); (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2]