仰屋兴叹
yǎng wū xīng tàn
Pinyin

Definition

仰屋兴叹
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yǎng wū xīng tàn
  1. to stare at the ceiling in despair
  2. to find no way out
  3. nothing you can do about it
  4. at the end of one's wits

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

信仰
xìn yǎng
  1. 1 to believe in (a religion)
  2. 2 firm belief
  3. 3 conviction
屋
wū
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān],個|个[gè]
屋顶
wū dǐng
  1. 1 roof
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
仰天
yǎng tiān
  1. 1 to face upwards
  2. 2 to look up to the sky
仰慕
yǎng mù
  1. 1 to admire
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
仰卧
yǎng wò
  1. 1 to lie supine
仰视
yǎng shì
  1. 1 to tilt one's head back to see (sth)
  2. 2 to look up at
仰头
yǎng tóu
  1. 1 to raise one's head
同屋
tóng wū
  1. 1 roommate
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
咖啡屋
kā fēi wū
  1. 1 coffee house
  2. 2 café
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
小屋
xiǎo wū
  1. 1 cabin
  2. 2 lodge
  3. 3 cottage
  4. 4 chalet
  5. 5 hut
  6. 6 shed
屋外
wū wài
  1. 1 outside the room
屋子
wū zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
屋檐
wū yán
  1. 1 eaves
  2. 2 roof (i.e. home)
房屋
fáng wū
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building
  3. 3 CL:所[suǒ],套[tào]
新屋
Xīn wū
  1. 1 Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
久仰
jiǔ yǎng
  1. 1 honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)

Idioms (14)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.
笑不可仰
xiào bù kě yǎng
  1. 1 to double up with laughter (idiom)
与世俯仰
yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
  1. 1 to swim with the tide (idiom)
华屋丘墟
huá wū qiū xū
  1. 1 magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
金屋藏娇
jīn wū cáng jiāo
  1. 1 a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
钻坚仰高
zuān jiān yǎng gāo
  1. 1 lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)
  2. 2 fig. to delve deeply into one's studies
  3. 3 meticulous and diligent study

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