娄子

婁子
lóuzi
noun #36,443

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 trouble
  2. 2 blunder
  3. 3 mess (one has caused)

Examples

Tā yòu tǒng lóuzi le.
He's stirred up trouble again.
Nǐ zhè cì kě rě le dà lóuzi.
You've really gotten yourself into a big mess this time.

Tips

usage
娄子 is colloquial Beijing/northern slang for 'trouble caused by one's own blunder'. Almost always used with verbs (tǒng — to poke/stir up) or (rě — to provoke): 娄子 / 娄子 = 'to make a mess of things'.

Stroke Order

Lóu