呜呼哀哉
wū hū āi zāi
Pinyin

Definition

呜呼哀哉
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wū hū āi zāi
  1. alas
  2. all is lost

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to cry
  3. 3 to shout
  4. 4 to breath out
  5. 5 to exhale
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
hū hū
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
bēi āi
  1. 1 grieved
  2. 2 sorrowful
zhāo hu
  1. 1 to call out to
  2. 2 to greet
  3. 3 to say hello to
  4. 4 to inform
  5. 5 to take care of
  6. 6 to take care that one does not
hū jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to yell
  3. 3 (telecommunications) to call
hū xī dào
  1. 1 respiratory tract
Hū hé hào tè
  1. 1 Hohhot prefecture-level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū]
hū lā lā
  1. 1 flapping sound
hū lā quān
  1. 1 hula hoop (loanword)
hū hǎn
  1. 1 to shout (slogans etc)
hū huàn
  1. 1 to call out (a name etc)
  2. 2 to shout
hū xiào
  1. 1 to whistle
  2. 2 to scream
  3. 3 to whiz
hū xiào ér guò
  1. 1 to whistle past
  2. 2 to hurtle past
  3. 3 to zip by
hū lū
  1. 1 (onom.) wheezing
hū yìng
  1. 1 to conform (with)
  2. 2 to echo
  3. 3 to correlate well
  4. 4 (linguistics) agreement
hū qì
  1. 1 to breathe out
hū yù
  1. 1 to call on (sb to do sth)
  2. 2 to appeal (to)
  3. 3 an appeal
hū shēng
  1. 1 a shout
  2. 2 fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group

Idioms (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián
  1. 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
  1. 1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
  3. 3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
  4. 4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú
  1. 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ
  1. 1 weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng
  1. 1 deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
大声疾呼
dà shēng jí hū
  1. 1 to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention
  2. 2 to make one's views known
徒呼负负
tú hū fù fù
  1. 1 to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)

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