辜负 (辜負)
gū fù
Pinyin
Definition
辜负 (辜負)
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- to fail to live up (to expectations)
- unworthy (of trust)
- to let down
- to betray (hopes)
- to disappoint
Character Decomposition
Related Words (5)
- 1 innocent
- 2 innocence
- 3 not guilty (law)
- 1 to fail to live up (to expectations)
- 2 unworthy (of trust)
- 3 to let down
- 4 to betray (hopes)
- 5 to disappoint
- 1 death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
- 1 surname Gu
- 1 Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
Idioms (3)
伤及无辜
- 1 to harm the innocent (idiom)
死有余辜
- 1 death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
滥杀无辜
- 1 willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
Sample Sentences
小赵,你可是很有前途的。我想你父母供你读书也不容易。你可别辜负了他们。
Xiao Zhao, you have a great future ahead of you. I bet it wasn't easy for your parents to send you to school, either. Don't let them down.