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刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
Pinyin
Definition
刻薄寡恩
-
kè bó guǎ ēn
harsh and merciless (idiom)
Character Decomposition
刻
亠
丨
㇙
人
刂
薄
艹
氵
十
用
丶
寸
寡
宀
一
丿
月
一
八
刀
恩
囗
大
心
Related Words
(20)
刻
kè
1
quarter (hour)
2
moment
3
to carve
4
to engrave
5
to cut
6
oppressive
7
classifier for short time intervals
寡妇
guǎ fu
1
widow
微薄
wēi bó
1
scanty
2
meager
感恩
gǎn ēn
1
to be grateful
时刻
shí kè
1
time
2
juncture
3
moment
4
period of time
5
CL:個|个[gè],段[duàn]
6
constantly
7
always
此刻
cǐ kè
1
this moment
2
now
3
at present
深刻
shēn kè
1
profound
2
deep
3
deep-going
立刻
lì kè
1
forthwith
2
immediate
3
prompt
4
promptly
5
straightway
6
thereupon
7
at once
薄
Bó
1
surname Bo
铭刻
míng kè
1
a carved inscription
恩
ēn
1
variant of 恩[ēn]
刻意
kè yì
1
meticulous
2
painstaking
3
deliberate
刻板
kè bǎn
1
stiff
2
inflexible
3
mechanical
4
stubborn
5
to cut blocks for printing
刻画
kè huà
1
to portray
刻苦
kè kǔ
1
hardworking
2
assiduous
刻薄
kè bó
1
unkind
2
harsh
3
cutting
4
mean
5
acrimony
6
to embezzle by making illegal deductions
刻骨
kè gǔ
1
ingrained
2
entrenched
3
deep-rooted
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
1
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
2
fig. etched in one's memory
3
unforgettable
即刻
jí kè
1
immediately
2
instant
3
instantly
周恩来
Zhōu Ēn lái
1
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
Idioms
(20)
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
1
do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
1
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
1
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
2
hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
1
harsh and merciless (idiom)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
1
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
1
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
2
fig. etched in one's memory
3
unforgettable
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
1
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
2
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
3
to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
1
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
1
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
2
fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
1
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
2
good preparation is the key to success
3
to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
1
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
2
(of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
1
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
2
cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
1
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
2
fig. to be extremely cautious
3
to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
1
to be unduly humble (idiom)
2
to undervalue oneself
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
1
one who is cut off from others (idiom)
2
one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
3
(can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
1
the few are no match for the many
2
heavily outnumbered
3
facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
1
peerless
2
second to none (idiom)
得道多助,失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
1
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
1
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
忘恩负义
wàng ēn fù yì
1
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
2
to kick a benefactor in the teeth
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