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狼狈

láng bèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 狼狽

狼狈 (láng bèi) means "in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 狼狈 means

1. in a difficult situation
2. to cut a sorry figure
3. scoundrel! (derog.)

The characters in 狼狈

• 狼lángwolf
• 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed; wretched

Words starting with 狼狈

• 狼狈不堪láng bèi bù kānbattered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma
• 狼狈为奸láng bèi wéi jiānvillains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)

Where 狼狈 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lā–láo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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