辜负
gū fù
Pinyin

Definition

辜负
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gū fù
  1. to fail to live up (to expectations)
  2. unworthy (of trust)
  3. to let down
  4. to betray (hopes)
  5. to disappoint

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

无辜
wú gū
  1. 1 innocent
  2. 2 innocence
  3. 3 not guilty (law)
辜负
gū fù
  1. 1 to fail to live up (to expectations)
  2. 2 unworthy (of trust)
  3. 3 to let down
  4. 4 to betray (hopes)
  5. 5 to disappoint
死有余辜
sǐ yǒu yú gū
  1. 1 death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
辜
Gū
  1. 1 surname Gu
辜鸿铭
Gū Hóng míng
  1. 1 Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views

Idioms (3)

伤及无辜
shāng jí wú gū
  1. 1 to harm the innocent (idiom)
死有余辜
sǐ yǒu yú gū
  1. 1 death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
滥杀无辜
làn shā wú gū
  1. 1 willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

小赵，你可是很有前途的。我想你父母供你读书也不容易。你可别辜负了他们。
Xiǎo Zhào ，nǐ kěshì hěn yǒu qiántú de 。wǒ xiǎng nǐ fùmǔ gōng nǐ dúshū yě bù róngyì 。nǐ kě bié gūfù le tāmen 。
Xiao Zhao, you have a great future ahead of you. I bet it wasn't easy for your parents to send you to school, either. Don't let them down.
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