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狼狈

láng bèi
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. in a difficult situation
  2. 2. to cut a sorry figure

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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从容
cóng róng

to go easy

指不慌不忙、沉着

Example Sentences

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他淋了雨，显得很 狼狈 。
He was soaked in the rain and looked very bedraggled.

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Words Containing 狼狈

狼狈不堪
láng bèi bù kān

battered and exhausted

狼狈为奸
láng bèi wéi jiān

villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)

Child Words of 狼狈

狼
láng

wolf

狈
bèi

a legendary wolf