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狼狽不堪

简 狼狈不堪 · 繁 狼狽不堪
Mandarin · pinyin láng bèi bù kān

Meanings

  1. battered and exhausted
  2. stuck in a dilemma
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狼
láng · wolf
狽
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
堪
kān · adequately capable of, worthy of
狈
bèi · a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf
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2–4–4–1 · lang2 bei4 bu4 kan1

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long4 bui3 bat1 ham1

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