穿小鞋

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	tight shoes; small shoes; deliberately created difficulties
trad. (穿小鞋)		穿	小鞋
simp. #(穿小鞋)		穿	小鞋
Literally: “to wear small shoes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuān xiǎoxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuān xiǎoxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuan siǎosié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹ hsiao³-hsieh²
    • Yale: chwān syǎu-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuan sheaushye
    • Palladius: чуань сяосе (čuanʹ sjaose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

穿小鞋

1. (figurative) to make things hard for someone by abusing one's power