寒酸
hán suān
Pinyin

Definition

寒酸
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hán suān
  1. wretched
  2. poverty-stricken
  3. unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yán hán
  1. 1 bitter cold
  2. 2 severe winter
Dà hán
  1. 1 Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
hán
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 poor
  3. 3 to tremble
hán jià
  1. 1 winter vacation
hán lěng
  1. 1 cold (climate)
  2. 2 frigid
  3. 3 very cold
xīn suān
  1. 1 to feel sad
suān
  1. 1 sour
  2. 2 tart
  3. 3 sick at heart
  4. 4 grieved
  5. 5 sore
  6. 6 aching
  7. 7 pedantic
  8. 8 impractical
  9. 9 to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. 10 an acid
suān nǎi
  1. 1 yogurt
Hán Hán
  1. 1 Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
rǔ suān
  1. 1 lactic acid
rǔ suān jūn
  1. 1 lactic acid bacteria
tiān hán dì dòng
  1. 1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
hán dōng
  1. 1 wintry
hán xīn
  1. 1 disillusioned
  2. 2 bitterly disappointed
  3. 3 terrified
hán yì
  1. 1 a nip in the air
  2. 2 chilliness
hán xuān
  1. 1 to exchange conventional greetings
  2. 2 to talk about the weather
hán qì
  1. 1 cold air
hán liú
  1. 1 cold air current
  2. 2 cold ocean current
  3. 3 cold stream
hán chen
  1. 1 ugly
  2. 2 shameful
  3. 3 to ridicule
hán suān
  1. 1 wretched
  2. 2 poverty-stricken
  3. 3 unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)

Idioms (18)

一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
  1. 1 lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
  1. 1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
嘘寒问暖
xū hán wèn nuǎn
  1. 1 to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom)
  2. 2 to pamper
噤若寒蝉
jìn ruò hán chán
  1. 1 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
  1. 1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
  1. 1 to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
寒窗
hán chuāng
  1. 1 a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
静若寒蝉
jìng ruò hán chán
  1. 1 as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
饥寒交迫
jī hán jiāo pò
  1. 1 beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
  2. 2 starving and freezing
  3. 3 in desperate poverty
饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心
bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn
  1. 1 lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
高处不胜寒
gāo chù bù shèng hán
  1. 1 it's lonely at the top (idiom)

Sample Sentences

也不是都没人介意,包得太少、太寒酸,还是有人会在背后讲话的,像去年,我表姐包给我大哥的孩子一人两千块,我大哥的想法跟你一样,只包给表姐的孩子一人两百块,意思一下,表姐就跟我阿姨埋怨,说我大哥小气,阿姨又去跟我妈告状,我大哥今年就很烦恼到底该包多少,包多了其实他也负担不起。
yě bù shì dōu méi rén jièyì ,bāo de tài shǎo 、tài hánsuān ,háishì yǒurén huì zài bèihòu jiǎnghuà de ,xiàng qùnián ,wǒ biǎojiě bāo gěi wǒ dàgē de háizi yī rén liǎng qiān kuài ,wǒ dàgē de xiǎngfǎ gēn nǐ yīyàng ,zhǐ bāo gěi biǎojiě de háizi yī rén liǎngbǎi kuài ,yìsi yīxià ,biǎojiě jiù gēn wǒ āyí mányuàn ,shuō wǒ dàgē xiǎoqì ,āyí yòu qù gēn wǒ mā gàozhuàng ,wǒ dàgē jīnnián jiù hěn fánnǎo dàodǐ gāi bāo duōshao ,bāo duō le qíshí tā yě fùdān bùqǐ 。
It's not that no one cares, if you put too little in or are too tight-fisted, people will talk about you behind your back, like last year, my cousin gave my eldest brother's children RMB2000 each. My brother thinks the same as you and so gave my cousin's children RMB200 each, of the mind that it's just about the spirit of things, but my cousin complained to my auntie, saying my brother is tight-fisted, then my auntie went and told my mother, so my brother was a little perplexed as to how much to give this year, as he doesn't have the resources to give so much.