chǒu​xiǎo​yā

The Ugly Duckling

  • created sense approved 丑小鸭/醜小鴨 · chǒu​xiǎo​yā · The Ugly Duckling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    The Ugly Duckling

    A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen published in 1842

    丑 (literal) → 丑/醜 · chǒu · ugly 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 鸭 (bound) → 鸭/鴨 · yā · duck

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  • created sense approved 丑小鸭/醜小鴨 · chǒu​xiǎo​yā · ugly duckling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    ugly duckling

    A person who is initially perceived as unattractive or unremarkable but later blossoms into someone beautiful or successful

    丑 (literal) → 丑/醜 · chǒu · ugly 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 鸭 (bound) → 鸭/鴨 · yā · duck

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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