辜负
gū​fù HSK7

let down

辜负 (辜負) gū​fù
let down verb
to fail to live up to expectations, kindness, or favor; to disappoint

我们绝不能辜负老师对我们的期望。

wǒ​men jué bù néng gū​fù lǎo​shī duì wǒ​men de qī​wàng.

We must never fail to live up to our teacher's expectations.

betray verb
to be unworthy of trust or to fail to honor hopes or sincerity

他的背叛辜负了妻子的一片真情。

tā de bèi​pàn gū​fù le qī​zi de yī piàn zhēn​qíng.

His betrayal failed his wife's sincere devotion.

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

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)