潦

How to write 潦, stroke by stroke

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What 潦 means

flooded; heavy rain; used in 潦草; used in 潦倒

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 尞

Made of 氵 + 尞

Words with 潦

• 潦倒liáo dǎodown on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated
• 潦草liáo cǎoslipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
• 穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎoimpoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
• 贫穷潦倒pín qióng liáo dǎodestitute; poverty-stricken
• 穷困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope

潦 in a sentence

• 他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。

  tā nián qīng de shí hòu qióng kùn liáo dǎo 。

  He was terribly poor when he was young.

• 谢谢你在我贫困潦倒之时借给我$500。

  xiè xiè nǐ zài wǒ pín kùn liáo dǎo zhī shí jiè gěi wǒ $ 5 0 0 。

  Thank you very much for lending me $500 when I was having difficulty making ends meet.

Characters that sound like 潦

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