小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice syn 所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case syn 禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) 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 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden syn 猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal 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 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 走兽 走獸 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal / beast 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 食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people 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 离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn 兽 獸 shòu beast / animal / beastly / bestial syn 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 豺 chái dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 困兽犹斗 困獸猶鬥 kùn shòu yóu dòu a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay syn 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 猊 貎 ní wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻 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.) 人面兽心 人面獸心 rén miàn shòu xīn human face, beast's heart (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous syn 驮兽 馱獸 tuó shòu beast of burden 力畜 lì chù draft animal / beast of burden syn 卸套 xiè tào to loosen a yoke / to remove harness (from beast of burden) 役畜 yì chù draft animal / beast of burden syn 梼杌 檮杌 táo wù legendary beast 兽脚亚目 獸腳亞目 shòu jiǎo yà mù suborder Theropoda (beast-footed dinosaur group) within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs 兽脚类恐龙 獸腳類恐龍 shòu jiǎo lèi kǒng lóng theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group) / suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs 兽术 獸術 shòu shù animal training / skill with animals / shoushu - "Animal skill" or "Beast-fist" - Martial Art (esp. fictional) 甪端 lù duān Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth 禽兽不如 禽獸不如 qín shòu bù rú worse than a beast / to behave immorally 血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor 训兽术 訓獸術 xùn shòu shù animal training / taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming) 驭兽术 馭獸術 yù shòu shù animal training / taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming) 斯芬克司 sī fēn kè sī Sphinx (Egyptian mythical beast) 勒勒车 勒勒車 lēi lēi chē wagon (yoked to beast of burden) 狦 shān (archaic) vicious dog / beast resembling a wolf 猵狙 piàn jū mythical beast similar to an ape with dog's head 獙獙 bì bì mythological beast resembling a fox with wings 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 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 