凄凉 (悽涼)
qī liáng
Pinyin
Definition
凄凉 (悽涼)
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- mournful
- miserable
凄凉 (淒涼)
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- desolate (place)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 mournful
- 2 miserable
- 1 the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
- 1 desolate (place)
- 1 cool
- 2 refreshing
- 3 (of clothing) skimpy
- 4 revealing
- 1 ice-cold
Idioms (5)
世态炎凉
- 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
前人栽树,后人乘凉
- 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
大树底下好乘凉
- 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
- 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
心静自然凉
- 1 a calm heart keeps you cool (idiom)
黄花菜都凉了
- 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
- 2 fig. to arrive late
- 3 to take one's sweet time