穿小鞋 meaning in English

chuān xiǎoxié

to have one's life made difficult by sb (usu. by sb in a position of authority) (lit. to be made to wear tight shoes)

HSK 7-927 strokes

Meaning of 穿小鞋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuānxiǎoxié
  1. to have one's life made difficult by sb (usu. by sb in a position of authority) (lit. to be made to wear tight shoes)

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

穿 chuān · to bore through · 9 strokes

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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

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鞋 xié · shoe · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 穿小鞋.

小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
小时xiǎoshíhour
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
小组xiǎozǔgroup
小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fiction
大小dàxiǎolarge and small; size
从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood; from a young age

Questions about 穿小鞋

What does 穿小鞋 mean?

穿小鞋 (chuān xiǎoxié) means "to have one's life made difficult by sb (usu. by sb in a position of authority) (lit. to be made to wear tight shoes)".

How do you write 穿小鞋?

穿小鞋 is made of 3 characters: 穿 (9 strokes), 小 (3 strokes), 鞋 (15 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.

Is 穿小鞋 an HSK word?

Yes. 穿小鞋 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.