野鸡头

野雞頭
yějītóu
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a child not one's own by blood; stepchild or adopted kid (colloquial, often pejorative)

Examples

Cūn li rén bèihòu jiào tā yějītóu, tā xīn li yìzhí yǒu gēda.
The villagers called him a stepchild behind his back, and it always weighed on him.
Hòumā duì yějītóu hé qīnshēng de yíyàng hǎo, bù róngyì.
The stepmother treated the non-biological kid as well as her own — that's not easy.

Tips

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Old colloquial usage, mildly pejorative. Modern speech prefers 继子 (stepchild) or 养子 (adopted child). Understand it in novels or dialect, don't use it to someone's face.

Stroke Order

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