出臭子儿

出臭子兒

chūchòuzǐr

phrase

Meanings

1 to make a bad move (in chess or weiqi)
2 to blunder (figurative, in any contest)

Characters

put out / play (a piece)

diminutive suffix (érhuà)

Examples

他刚才出了个臭子儿，局面一下就被动了。

Tā gāngcái chū le ge chòuzǐr, júmiàn yī xià jiù bèidòng le.

He just made a blunder and immediately lost the initiative.

下棋千万别出臭子儿。

Xiàqí qiānwàn bié chū chòuzǐr.

Whatever you do, don't blunder when playing chess.

Tips

register

Beijing-flavored colloquial expression — note the 儿 (érhuà) suffix. 子 here means 'piece / stone' (棋子, qízǐ, chess piece), and 臭 ('stinky') is gamer slang for 'bad'. By extension you may hear 臭棋 (chòuqí, 'bad chess move / botched play') applied to any clumsy decision in life.

Stroke Order

出 chū

臭 chòu

子 zǐ

儿 ér