乞哀告怜 — Chinese idiom
乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián
Traditional: 乞哀告憐
Meaning
- begging for pity and asking for help
Character by character
- 乞qǐto beg; to request
- 哀āisad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
- 告gàoto tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
- 怜liánto pity, to sympathize with
Idioms sharing a character
- 摇尾乞怜 yáo wěi qǐ lián
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 哀告宾服 āi gào bīn fú
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 哀而不伤 āi ér bù shāng
- 哀鸿遍野 āi hóng biàn yě
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 生荣死哀 shēng róng sǐ āi
- 节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
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