楚楚可怜 — Chinese idiom
楚楚可怜
chǔ chǔ kě lián
Traditional: 楚楚可憐
Meaning
- pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable
Character by character
- 楚chǔclear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
- 楚chǔclear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 怜liánto pity, to sympathize with
Idioms sharing a character
- 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ
- 吴头楚尾 Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
- 四面楚歌 sì miàn Chǔ gē
- 朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
- 一蹴可几 yī cù kě jī
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 不可胜言 bù kě shèng yán
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不可思议 bù kě sī yì
- 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù
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