尥蹶子

liào juězi

verb

Meanings

1 to kick out with the hind legs (of a horse or mule)
2 to flare up
3 to rebel; to refuse to cooperate

Characters

to kick backward

to kick up the hind legs

Examples

HSK 5

老板总让他加班，他终于尥蹶子不干了。

Lǎobǎn zǒng ràng tā jiābān, tā zhōngyú liào juězi bú gàn le.

His boss kept making him work overtime, and he finally rebelled and quit.

HSK 7-9

这头骡子脾气不好，动不动就尥蹶子。

Zhè tóu luózi píqi bùhǎo, dòngbudòng jiù liào juězi.

This mule has a bad temper and kicks out at the slightest thing.

Tips

usage

Literally a mule or horse kicking backward. Said of a person, it is someone who has had enough and suddenly refuses: a worker who quits, a child who won't sit through another lesson. It can split around 了: 尥了个蹶子.

mistakes

蹶 has this third-tone reading only here. Elsewhere it is 蹶, as in 一蹶不振 'never to recover from a setback'.

Stroke Order

尥 liào

蹶 jué

子 zǐ