灰溜溜
huī liū liū
Pinyin

Definition

灰溜溜
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huī liū liū
  1. dull gray
  2. gloomy
  3. dejected
  4. crestfallen
  5. with one's tail between one's legs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

溜
liū
  1. 1 to slip away
  2. 2 to escape in stealth
  3. 3 to skate
灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted
溜冰
liū bīng
  1. 1 ice skating
  2. 2 (slang) to do meth
溜走
liū zǒu
  1. 1 to slip away
  2. 2 to leave secretly
溜达
liū da
  1. 1 to stroll
  2. 2 to go for a walk
灰尘
huī chén
  1. 1 dust
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰心
huī xīn
  1. 1 to lose heart
  2. 2 to be discouraged
灰暗
huī àn
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 drab
  3. 3 murky
灰溜溜
huī liū liū
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 dejected
  4. 4 crestfallen
  5. 5 with one's tail between one's legs
灰烬
huī jìn
  1. 1 ashes
灰蒙蒙
huī mēng mēng
  1. 1 dusky
  2. 2 overcast (of weather)
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
炮灰
pào huī
  1. 1 cannon fodder
烟灰
yān huī
  1. 1 cigarette ash
烟灰缸
yān huī gāng
  1. 1 ashtray
石灰
shí huī
  1. 1 lime (calcium oxide)

Idioms (7)

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

最后让你自己都鄙视自己的理解力，灰溜溜地退下；
zuìhòu ràng nǐ zìjǐ dōu bǐshì zìjǐ de lǐjiělì ，huīliūliū de tuì xià ；
In the end, you yourself despise your own understanding and back down in disgrace;
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