# 穿小鞋 (chuānxiǎoxié)

In Mandarin Chinese, 穿小鞋 (chuānxiǎoxié) means “to make life hard for someone; to give someone a hard time”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make life hard for someone; to give someone a hard time
- Pinyin: chuānxiǎoxié (chuan1 xiao3 xie2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那个主管经常给员工穿小鞋。
  Nàge zhǔguǎn jīngcháng gěi yuángōng chuān xiǎoxié.
  That supervisor often gives employees a hard time.

## Characters

- [穿](https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-wear/) (chuān): to wear; to put on
- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [鞋](https://hanziro.com/word/xie-shoe/) (xié): shoe

https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-xiao-xie-make-life-hard/

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