穿小鞋

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	tight shoes; small shoes; deliberately created difficulties
trad. (穿小鞋)		穿	小鞋
simp. ^#(穿小鞋)		穿	小鞋
Literally: “to wear small shoes”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuān xiǎoxié

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuān xiǎoxié
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuan siǎosié
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹ hsiao³-hsieh²
  - Yale: chwān syǎu-syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuan sheaushye
  - Palladius: чуань сяосе (čuanʹ sjaose)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Idiom

穿小鞋

(figurative) to make things hard for someone by abusing one's power

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