yǎng​wū

to look at the ceiling

  • created sense approved 仰屋 · yǎng​wū · to look at the ceiling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋

    yǎng​wū

    to look at the ceiling

    (literary) to lie on one's back and look at the ceiling, often describing a state of being lost in deep thought or contemplation

    仰 (literal) → 仰 · yǎng · to look up 屋 (literal) → 屋 · wū · room

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 仰屋 · yǎng​wū · to be at one's wits' end — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仰屋

    yǎng​wū

    to be at one's wits' end

    (literary) to be in a desperate situation with no way out, especially when one is so poor that they can only stare at the ceiling in despair

    仰 (literal) → 仰 · yǎng · to look up 屋 (literal) → 屋 · wū · room

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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