zào​huà​xiǎo'ér

fickle fate

  • created sense approved 造化小儿/造化小兒 · zào​huà​xiǎo'ér · fickle fate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    造化小儿 / 造化小兒

    zào​huà​xiǎo'ér

    fickle fate

    A humorous or disrespectful way to refer to the gods or spirits that control human destiny; often used to describe being plagued by ill fortune or sickness.

    造化 (literal) → 造化 · zào​huà · Nature 小儿 (literal) → 小儿/小兒 · xiǎo'ér · young child

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

    created sense