辜負
gū​fù HSK7

to let down

辜负 辜負 gū​fù
to let down verb
to fail to live up to expectations, trust, or kindness; to disappoint; to be unworthy of something

我不能辜负我奶奶。

wǒ bù​néng gū​fù wǒ nǎi​nai.

I can't let my grandma down.

教育系统辜负了她们。

jiào​yù xì​tǒng gū​fù le tā​men.

The education system has failed them.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.29 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
5.73 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)