求爷爷告奶奶
qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai
Pinyin

Definition

求爷爷告奶奶
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qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai
  1. lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
  2. fig. to go about begging for help

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gào sù
  1. 1 to press charges
  2. 2 to file a complaint
bào gào
  1. 1 to inform
  2. 2 to report
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 report
  5. 5 speech
  6. 6 talk
  7. 7 lecture
  8. 8 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn],個|个[gè],通[tòng]
nǎi nai
  1. 1 (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
  2. 2 (respectful) mistress of the house
  3. 3 CL:位[wèi]
  4. 4 (coll.) boobies
  5. 5 breasts
guǎng gào
  1. 1 to advertise
  2. 2 a commercial
  3. 3 advertisement
  4. 4 CL:項|项[xiàng]
qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to request
  4. 4 to demand
  5. 5 to beseech
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 CL:點|点[diǎn]
zhuī qiú
  1. 1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
  2. 2 to seek after
  3. 3 to woo
èr nǎi
  1. 1 mistress
  2. 2 second wife
  3. 3 lover
gōng gào
  1. 1 post
  2. 2 announcement
chī nǎi
  1. 1 to suck the breast (for milk)
gào
  1. 1 to say
  2. 2 to tell
  3. 3 to announce
  4. 4 to report
  5. 5 to denounce
  6. 6 to file a lawsuit
  7. 7 to sue
gào bié
  1. 1 to leave
  2. 2 to bid farewell to
  3. 3 to say good-bye to
gào mì zhě
  1. 1 tell-tale
  2. 2 informer (esp. to police)
  3. 3 whistleblower
  4. 4 grass
gào jié
  1. 1 to win
  2. 2 to be victorious
  3. 3 to report a victory
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
gào zhī
  1. 1 to inform
gào jiè
  1. 1 to warn
  2. 2 to admonish
wèi nǎi
  1. 1 to breast-feed
dà gōng gào chéng
  1. 1 successfully accomplished (project or goal)
  2. 2 to be highly successful

Idioms (20)

不求有功,但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián
  1. 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
  1. 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
  2. 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
告一段落
gào yī duàn luò
  1. 1 to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú
  1. 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
梦寐以求
mèng mèi yǐ qiú
  1. 1 to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
  2. 2 to long for sth day and night
奔走相告
bēn zǒu xiāng gào
  1. 1 to spread the news (idiom)
孜孜以求
zī zī yǐ qiú
  1. 1 diligent and tireless (idiom)
守株待兔,缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
实事求是
shí shì qiú shì
  1. 1 to seek truth from facts (idiom)
  2. 2 to be practical and realistic
急于求成
jí yú qiú chéng
  1. 1 anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success
  2. 2 impatient for result
  3. 3 impetuous
户告人晓
hù gào rén xiǎo
  1. 1 to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely
  2. 2 to shout from the rooftops
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
  1. 1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
死中求生
sǐ zhōng qiú shēng
  1. 1 to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
求之不得
qiú zhī bù dé
  1. 1 lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for

Sample Sentences

好不容易,各种求爷爷告奶奶,找到了工作,过去分房子的政策也取消了,得自己买房了。
hǎobùróngyì ,gèzhǒng qiúyéyegàonǎinai ,zhǎodào le gōngzuò ,guòqù fēn fángzi de zhèngcè yě qǔxiāo le ,děi zìjǐ mǎifáng le 。
It was very difficult, you had to resort to begging around town. And when you found a job, the previous housing allotment policy had also been cancelled, so you had to buy your own house.