lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom); fig. to go about begging for help
trad. 求爺爺告奶奶
Also written 求爺爺告奶奶【qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai】
Characters in this word
4求
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to seek, to look for, to request, to demand, to beseech
- Pinyin
- qiú
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 638 of 2500
爷
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grandpa, old gentleman
- Pinyin
- yé
- Traditional
- 爺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19474 of 2500
告
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(bound form) to say; to tell, to announce; to report, to denounce, to file a lawsuit; to sue
- Pinyin
- gào
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6438 of 2500
奶
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breast, milk, to breastfeed
- Pinyin
- nǎi
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10651 of 2500