to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
trad. 裝窮叫苦
Also written 裝窮叫苦【zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ】
Characters in this word
4装
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adornment, to adorn, dress, clothing, costume (of an actor in a play), to play a role, to pretend, to install, to fix, to wrap (sth in a bag), to load, to pack
- Pinyin
- zhuāng
- Traditional
- 裝
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1681 of 2500
穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
叫
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to shout, to call, to order, to ask, to be called, by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 101 of 2500
苦
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bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer, to bring suffering to, painstakingly
- Pinyin
- kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5535 of 2500