a despicable wretch

a despicable wretch

A clown is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is y ā om ó Xi ǎ och ǒ u, which means a villain who can't do much. It comes from the theory of Wang Ming by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

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."

Idiom 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 Qing Dynasty wrote two great articles: "the emperor's temple is as good as God, and the soldiers are as powerful as PI Zhang, and the clowns will be destroyed in the future."

Analysis of Idioms

A clown