憔悴
qiáo cuì
Pinyin

Definition

憔悴
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qiáo cuì
  1. wan and sallow
  2. thin and pallid
  3. haggard
  4. (of plants) withered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (2)

qiáo cuì
  1. 1 wan and sallow
  2. 2 thin and pallid
  3. 3 haggard
  4. 4 (of plants) withered
cuì
  1. 1 haggard
  2. 2 sad
  3. 3 downcast
  4. 4 distressed

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

屈原被放逐以后,常常在河边徘徊吟诗他的神情十分憔悴,身形也变得比以前瘦弱。
Qū Yuán bèi fàngzhú yǐhòu ,chángcháng zài hébiān páihuái yínshī tā de shénqíng shífēn qiáocuì ,shēnxíng yě biànde bǐ yǐqián shòu ruò 。
After Qu Yuan's banishment, he was often found pacing up and down the riverside reciting poetry. His expression was ghostly and ashen. He also started to become thin and weak.
满地黄花堆积,憔悴损,如今有谁堪摘?
mǎndì huáng huā duījī ,qiáocuì sǔn ,rújīn yǒu shéi kān zhāi ?
Yellow flowers are scattered in piles on the ground, withered and dried up, what is there now left to pick?