小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called 神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 村民 cūn mín villager syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 货色 貨色 huò sè goods / (derog.) stuff / trash syn 棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 废料 廢料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 厮混 廝混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb) / to mix (things) together 老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiāng fellow townsman / fellow villager / sb from the same hometown syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off 野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child / bastard 御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler 抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn to show your face in public (derog.) syn 显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself syn 有过之而无不及 有過之而無不及 yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse syn 戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor syn 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort syn 同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization / member of the same party or organization / (derog.) confederate / accomplice syn 女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman syn 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 拐子 guǎi zi crutch / (derog.) lame person / kidnapper syn 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 乡民 鄉民 xiāng mín villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions syn 乡邻 鄉鄰 xiāng lín fellow villager syn 小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 阿三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 乡人 鄉人 xiāng rén villager / fellow villager syn 心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn 美国佬 美國佬 měi guó lǎo an American (derog.) / a Yankee 秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn 和事佬 hé shì lǎo peacemaker / mediator / (derog.) fixer 狗崽子 gǒu zǎi zi (coll.) puppy / (derog.) son of a bitch syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 乡下佬 鄉下佬 xiāng xia lǎo villager / hick 三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) syn 表功 biǎo gōng to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.) 小蜜 xiǎo mì (derog.) girlfriend of a married man 一鼻孔出气 一鼻孔出氣 yī bí kǒng chū qì lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom) / fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet syn 丘八 qiū bā soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.) 倒弄 dǎo nong to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.) 倭人 wō rén dwarf / (old) (derog.) Japanese person 倭军 倭軍 wō jūn Japanese army (derog.) (old) 吊膀子 diào bàng zi (dialect) to flirt (derog.) syn 小屁孩 xiǎo pì hái kid / youngster / (derog.) brat 拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 狗玩儿的 狗玩兒的 gǒu wán r de beast (derog.) 秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn 穷棒子 窮棒子 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person / (old) (derog.) peasant syn 膏药旗 膏藥旗 gāo yao qí Japanese flag (derog.) 阿土 ā tǔ country bumpkin / redneck (derog) 韩棒子 韓棒子 hán bàng zi Korean (derog.) 高丽棒子 高麗棒子 gāo lí bàng zi Korean (derog.) 妇道人家 婦道人家 fù dao rén jia woman (derog.) syn 台巴子 tái bā zi (derog.) Taiwanese / person from Taiwan 官僚习气 官僚習氣 guān liáo xí qì (derog.) bureaucracy / red tape 不是东西 不是東西 bù shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good 惯家 慣家 guàn jia (usually derog.) an old hand at sth 老毛子 lǎo máo zi Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.) 贼秃 賊禿 zéi tū (derog.) Buddhist monk 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 棒国 棒國 bàng guó (derog.) Korea 棒子国 棒子國 bàng zi guó (derog.) Korea, esp. South Korea 毛子国 毛子國 máo zi guó (derog.) Russia 狗头军师 gǒu tóu jūn shī (derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice 绿教 緑教 lǜ jiào (derog.) Islam 拜你所赐 拜你所賜 bài nǐ suǒ cì (derog.) this is all thanks to you! / well, thanks a lot! 土共 tǔ gòng (coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT) / CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters) / pro-Beijing camp (HK) / (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey / (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkmenistan 大外宣 dà wài xuān (derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009) 搅屎棍 攪屎棍 jiǎo shǐ gùn (derog.) shit-stirrer / troublemaker 东亚病夫 東亞病夫 dōng yà bìng fū (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars) 假洋鬼子 jiǎ yáng guǐ zi (derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners 兲朝 tiān cháo (derog.) the Chinese Communist regime (variant of 天朝[Tian1 chao2] Celestial Empire, invented to circumvent censorship) 欧猪 歐豬 ōu zhū (economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) / PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) 浑小子 渾小子 hún xiǎo zi (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest) 见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话 見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話 jiàn rén shuō rén huà , jiàn guǐ shuō guǐ huà (fig.) adaptable / able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere / two-faced 蹭热度 蹭熱度 cèng rè dù (coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity / to exploit (sb's) popularity to attract attention to oneself 杂碎 雜碎 zá sui offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk syn 痨病鬼 癆病鬼 láo bìng guǐ (derog.) tubercular person / a consumptive 窜访 竄訪 cuàn fǎng (derog.) (of a prominent figure) to visit (another country) (used when one disapproves of the visit for political reasons) 精神日本人 jīng shén rì běn rén (neologism) (derog.) Japanophile (esp. a Chinese admirer of WWII-era Japan) 婚驴 婚驢 hūn lǘ (derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order) 港灿 港燦 gǎng càn (derog.) Hong Konger 白皮猪 白皮豬 bái pí zhū (derog.) white person / white pig 老登 lǎo dēng (derog.) (dialect) old person 