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 印第安 yìn dì ān (American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas 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 乡巴佬 鄉巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo (derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin 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 美国人 美國人 měi guó rén American / American person / American people / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 迪士尼 dí shì ní Disney, American entertainment conglomerate / Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator and film producer 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 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 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 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 美元 měi yuán American dollar / US dollar 橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 雷鸟 雷鳥 léi niǎo capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) 爱迪生 愛迪生 ài dí shēng Edison (name) / Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman 斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 海明威 hǎi míng wēi Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist 爱默生 愛默生 ài mò shēng Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher 美籍 měi jí American (i.e. of US nationality) 惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist 美英 měi yīng US and UK / Anglo-American 红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian syn 卡内基 卡內基 kǎ nèi jī Carnegie (name) / Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist 马友友 馬友友 mǎ yǒu yǒu Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist 辉瑞 輝瑞 huī ruì Pfizer, American pharmaceutical company 美国政府 美國政府 měi guó zhèng fǔ US government / American government 美式 měi shì American-style 张爱玲 張愛玲 zhāng ài líng Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist 梦露 夢露 mèng lù Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), American actress 反美 fǎn měi anti-American 美语 美語 měi yǔ American English 印第安人 yìn dì ān rén American Indians 索罗斯 索羅斯 suǒ luó sī Soros (name) / George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist 西洋参 西洋參 xī yáng shēn American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) syn 美苏 美蘇 měi sū American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc) 李政道 lǐ zhèng dào Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate 碧昂丝 碧昂絲 bì áng sī Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer 陈省身 陳省身 chén xǐng shēn Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician 花旗参 花旗參 huā qí shēn American ginseng 丁肇中 dīng zhào zhōng Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 美国航空公司 美國航空公司 měi guó háng kōng gōng sī American Airlines 丘成桐 qiū chéng tóng Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982 庞德 龐德 páng dé Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator 福斯特 fú sī tè Foster or Forster (name) / Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), American composer 本杰明·富兰克林 本傑明·富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat 关颖珊 關穎珊 guān yǐng shān Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 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 昆汀 kūn tīng Quentin (name) / Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director 福克纳 福克納 fú kè nà William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet 李安 lǐ ān Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山) 张纯如 張純如 zhāng chún rú Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of "The Rape of Nanking" 表功 biǎo gōng to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.) 陈冲 陳沖 chén chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress 宝嘉康蒂 寶嘉康蒂 bǎo jiā kāng dì Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617), native American noted for her association with the colony of Jamestown, Virginia 阿西莫夫 ā xī mò fū Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist 贝聿铭 貝聿銘 bèi yù míng Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 李国豪 李國豪 lǐ guó háo Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee 杂碎 雜碎 zá sui offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk syn 南美洲反洗钱金融行动工作组 南美洲反洗錢金融行動工作組 South American Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering / South American Financial Action Task Force 南美洲金融行动工作组 南美洲金融行動工作組 South American Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering / South American Financial Action Task Force 拉丁美洲和加勒比最高域名协会 拉丁美洲和加勒比最高域名協會 Latin American & Caribbean Country Code Top-Level Domain Organization / Latin American and Caribbean Top-Level Domain Association 