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糗

qiǔ · qiu/Qiǔ · qiu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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qiǔ 糗

dry rations (for a journey)
(dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
(coll.) embarrassing
embarrassment

Qiǔ 糗

surname Qiu

In a sentence

2 examples

我(wǒ)一(yì)生(shēng)中(zhōng)从(cóng)没(méi)那(nà)么(me)糗(qiǔ)过(guò)。

I was never so humiliated in my life.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

这(zhè)只(zhī)猫(māo)咪(mī)气(qì)场(chǎng)全(quán)开(kāi)，走(zǒu)着(zhe)猫(māo)步(bù)，相(xiāng)当(dāng)优(yōu)雅(yǎ)，然(rán)后(hòu)摔(shuāi)倒(dǎo)了(le)，真(zhēn)是(shì)糗(qiǔ)大(dà)了(le)。

The cat glided along, very refined, but ended up falling, which was very embarrassing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Aphima · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.