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糗
qiǔ
1.
dry rations (for a journey)
2.
(dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
3.
(coll.) embarrassing
4.
embarrassment
Very Common • Top 4%
✏️ 16 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (6)
出糗
chūqiǔ
(coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
糗事
qiǔshì
awkward incident
糗粮
qiǔliáng
dry rations
羹藜含糗
gēnglíhánqiǔ
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
羹藜唅糗
gēnglíhānqiǔ
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
饭糗茹草
fànqiǔrúcǎo
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 6,351
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,346 of 84,292