Chinese Word: 狈 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

狈 (Trad.: 狽)HSK 6

Pinyin: bèi

English Definition: a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched

Chinese Definition:
①传说中的一种兽，狼属，前腿短，走路时要爬在狼身上，没有狼，它就不能行动：狼狈(形容困苦或受窘的样子)。狼狈为奸(喻彼此勾结做坏事)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 犬

Pictophonetic:贝 indicates the sound; 犭 (dog) conveys the meaning.

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狼狈HSK 6	láng bèi	in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)
狼狈不堪HSK 6	láng bèi bù kān	battered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma
狼狈为奸	láng bèi wéi jiān	villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
狼狈逃窜HSK 6	láng bèi táo cuàn	to flee helter-skelter (idiom)