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clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

ugly / repulsive

ugly person

scandal

to defame / to libel / to defile / to smear / to vilify

shameful performance / disgraceful situation

ugly expression / unsightly manners

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1]

ugly duckling

grotesque

villain / evil person

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)

ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)

absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)