枯鱼病鹤 — “Metaphor for a person in dire poverty or a desperate situation”
枯鱼病鹤 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Metaphor for a person in dire poverty or a desperate situation”. Often suggesting someone once distinguished now reduced to hardship. Literally, “withered fish and sick crane”.
枯鱼病鹤 Pronunciation and Pinyin
枯鱼病鹤 Character Breakdown
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More idioms starting with 枯
- kū枯tǐ体huī灰xīn心utterly dejected and disheartened
- kū枯xíng形huī灰xīn心utterly dejected and disheartened
- kū枯mù木zài再shēng生to revive like a withered tree
- kū枯mù木fā发róng荣withered tree regains vitality
- kū枯mù木xiǔ朽zhū株useless old person or decaying force
- kū枯mù木sǐ死huī灰utterly apathetic or despondent
- kū枯mù木shēng生huā花revive from a hopeless state
- kū枯mù木féng逢chūn春to revive after decline
- kū枯běn本jié竭yuán源damage the foundation or basis
- kū枯xiǔ朽zhī之yú余one's remaining withered and decayed years
- kū枯yáng杨zhī之tí稊old man marries young wife
- kū枯yáng杨shēng生huá华old woman's brief good fortune
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What does 枯鱼病鹤 mean?
枯鱼病鹤 (kū yú bìng hè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Metaphor for a person in dire poverty or a desperate situation”.
How do you pronounce 枯鱼病鹤?
枯鱼病鹤 is pronounced kū yú bìng hè in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 枯鱼病鹤 literally mean?
Literally, 枯鱼病鹤 means “withered fish and sick crane”. It is used to mean “Metaphor for a person in dire poverty or a desperate situation”.
What is the Chinese definition of 枯鱼病鹤?
比喻处境穷困之士。