a despicable wretch

a despicable wretch

The clown is an idiom pronounced y ā om ó Xi ǎ och ǒ u, which refers to the villain who can't play a role. It comes from the theory of Wang Ming by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty.

explain

A bad person who doesn't work. Clown: a clown in opera, also refers to a person who performs in acrobatics: a clown in a circus. ② Disdain a person who is frivolous or despicable: a clown | a political clown. In ancient times, there were also those who were used for self modesty: Chen Xiang (Wang Xiang) was a clown, less for all students (Confucians).

source

Ban Gu's Wang Ming Lun in the Han Dynasty said, "it's not as good as counting the number of children, and those who want to do heaven's throne secretly."

usage

As an object or attributive; of petty villains

Examples

Liang Qichao's on Martial Arts: "in the era of Hui and Qin, Nuzhen jumped the beam. At that time, the counsellors were like clouds, and the generals were like rain. However, with the strength of Han, Yue, Zhang, and Wu, the soldiers could not control the clowns and the martial arts Niu Xiu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his two great articles: "the emperor's temple is as good as a God. The emperor's temple will be destroyed in the future."