kǔ​kǔ'āi​qiú

to entreat piteously

  • created sense approved 苦苦哀求 · kǔ​kǔ'āi​qiú · to entreat piteously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦苦哀求

    kǔ​kǔ'āi​qiú

    to entreat piteously

    to beg bitterly or implore urgently; to entreat someone repeatedly and piteously

    苦苦 (reduplication) → 苦 · kǔ · painstakingly 哀 (literal) → 哀 · āi · pitifully 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to beg

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

    created sense