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狈 bèi

a legendary wolf; distressed, wretched

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
犭
Traditional
狽
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 犭贝 ⿰犭贝

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  1. 他摔了一跤，样子十分狼狈。
    Tā shuāile yī jiāo, yàngzi shífēn lángbèi.
    He fell down and looked very embarrassed and sorry.
    he fall-(particle) one tumble, appearance very miserable
  2. 他为什么看起来这么狼狈？
    Tā wèishénme kàn qǐlái zhème lángbèi?
    Why does he look so miserable and embarrassed?
    he why look up so miserable (question)
  3. 别把自己弄得那么狼狈，先整理一下衣服。
    Bié bǎ zìjǐ nòng de nàme lángbèi, xiān zhěnglǐ yīxià yīfu.
    Don't make yourself look so disheveled; tidy up your clothes first.
    don't (marker) self make (particle) so miserable, first tidy a-bit clothes
  4. 尽管遇到了麻烦，他一点也不显得狼狈。
    Jǐnguǎn yùdàole máfan, tā yìdiǎn yě bù xiǎnde lángbèi.
    Although he ran into trouble, he didn't look flustered at all.
    although meet-(particle) trouble, he a-bit also not appear miserable
  5. 在那场突如其来的大雨中，行人们个个都跑得十分狼狈。
    Zài nà chǎng tūrúqílái de dàyǔ zhōng, xíngrénmen gègè dōu pǎo de shífēn lángbèi.
    In that sudden downpour, the pedestrians all ran in a very sorry state.
    at that (measure) sudden (particle) heavy-rain in, pedestrians each-one all run (particle) very miserable

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