呜呼哀哉 (嗚呼哀哉)
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Pinyin
Definition
呜呼哀哉 (嗚呼哀哉)
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- alas
- all is lost
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
- 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
- 1 to die (idiom)
- 2 to breathe one's last
- 3 to give up the ghost
乞哀告怜
- 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
呼之即来
- 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
- 2 always at sb's beck and call