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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)

糗
qiǔ
dry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing
16 丶

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)

Alternate Entries

糗
Qiǔ
surname Qiu

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
6,351
Word Frequency Rank
3,346 of 84,292

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