潦倒

liáo dǎo

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Definitions

1. down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated

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Words Containing 潦倒

• 穷愁潦倒 穷愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo: impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
• 贫穷潦倒 贫穷潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo: destitute; poverty-stricken

Child Words of 潦倒

• 倒 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 潦 潦 lǎo: flooded