Memory phrase for the character: 狈

狈

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Meaning

wretched, in a difficult situation, distressed

Pronunciation

bèi

Explanation

Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: money 贝/貝

Mnemonic

Even a wild animal needs money or it is wretched.

Radicals

犭	wild animal	Shows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.
贝	shell, money	This is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.

Vocabulary

狼狈	láng bèi	in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derogatory)
狼狈为奸	láng bèi wéi jiān	villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
狼狈不堪	láng bèi bù kān	battered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma
狼狈不堪	láng bèi bù kān

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