仰屋兴叹 (仰屋興嘆)
yǎng wū xīng tàn
Pinyin

Definition

仰屋兴叹 (仰屋興嘆)
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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 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
屋顶
wū dǐng
  1. 1 roof
  2. 2 classifier: 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

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)