扶不起的阿斗

fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu

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Definitions

1. weak and inept person
2. hopeless case

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Child Words of 扶不起的阿斗

• 起 起 qǐ: (for groups or occurrences) instance, time
• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 扶 扶 fú: to support with the hand
• 的 的 de: of; ~'s (possessive particle)
• 的 的 dī: see 的士[dī shì]
• 的 的 dí: really and truly
• 的 的 dì: (bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 斗 斗 dòu: to fight
• 阿 阿 ā: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
• 阿 阿 ē: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
• 阿斗 阿斗 ā dǒu: A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[liú shàn] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263