楚楚可怜
chǔ​chǔ​kě​lián

delicate and touching

  • created sense approved 楚楚可怜/楚楚可憐 · chǔ​chǔ​kě​lián · delicate and touching — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    楚楚可怜 / 楚楚可憐

    chǔ​chǔ​kě​lián

    delicate and touching

    (idiom) looking sweet, innocent, and vulnerable in a way that makes one feel pity; delicate and moving; pitiable

    楚楚 (reduplication) → 楚 · chǔ · clear 可怜 (literal) → 可怜/可憐 · kě​lián · lovely

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

    created sense