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寡陋
guǎ lòu
Pinyin
Definition
寡陋
-
guǎ lòu
having little knowledge
not well-read
Character Decomposition
寡
宀
一
丿
月
一
八
刀
陋
阝
㇗
一
人
冂
Related Words
(20)
寡妇
guǎ fu
1
widow
丑陋
chǒu lòu
1
ugly
多寡
duō guǎ
1
number
2
amount
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
1
one who is cut off from others (idiom)
2
one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
3
(can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤寡
gū guǎ
1
orphans and widows
2
to be lonely
3
loneliness
孤陋
gū lòu
1
ignorant
2
ill-informed
寡人
guǎ rén
1
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
寡情
guǎ qíng
1
heartless
2
unfeeling
寡淡
guǎ dàn
1
insipid
2
bland
3
indifferent
寡言
guǎ yán
1
taciturn
2
reticent
寡头
guǎ tóu
1
oligarch
简陋
jiǎn lòu
1
simple and crude
陋习
lòu xí
1
corrupt practice
2
bad habits
3
malpractice
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
1
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
2
cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤男寡女
gū nán guǎ nu:3
1
a single man and a single woman
2
bachelors
3
a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
守寡
shǒu guǎ
1
to live as widow
2
to observe widowhood
守活寡
shǒu huó guǎ
1
to stay at home while one's husband is away
2
grass widow
寡
guǎ
1
few
2
scant
3
widowed
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
1
the few are no match for the many
2
heavily outnumbered
3
facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡助
guǎ zhù
1
finding little support
2
neglected
Idioms
(17)
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
1
do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
1
harsh and merciless (idiom)
卑陋龌龊
bēi lòu wò chuò
1
sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
因陋就简
yīn lòu jiù jiǎn
1
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
2
to do things simply and thriftily
3
It's not pretty but it works.
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
1
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
2
cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
1
one who is cut off from others (idiom)
2
one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
3
(can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
1
the few are no match for the many
2
heavily outnumbered
3
facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
1
peerless
2
second to none (idiom)
得道多助,失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
1
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
1
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
2
heavily outnumbered
3
beaten by the weight of numbers
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
1
difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
2
highbrow
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
1
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
1
habitually silent (idiom)
2
reticent
3
uncommunicative
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
1
insipid and tasteless (idiom)
众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
1
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
2
unequally matched
3
overwhelmed by weight of numbers
落落寡交
luò luò guǎ jiāo
1
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
裒多益寡
póu duō yì guǎ
1
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
Sample Sentences