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Open the tool →造化小儿 (zào huà xiǎo ér) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a humorous or metaphorical reference to fate or destiny”.
造化小儿 is pronounced zào huà xiǎo ér in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 造化小儿 means “Fortune's little kid”. It is used to mean “a humorous or metaphorical reference to fate or destiny”.
造化:指命运;小儿:小子,轻蔑的称呼。这是对于命运的一种风趣说法。