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Chinese
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beg
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sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament |
to tell; to inform; to say
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to pity
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| trad. (乞哀告憐)
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乞
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哀
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告
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憐
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| simp. (乞哀告怜)
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乞
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哀
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告
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怜
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Pronunciation
Idiom
乞哀告憐
- to beg for pity and ask for help
荒時暴月，向親友乞哀告憐，借得幾斗幾升，敷衍三日五日，債務叢集，如牛負重。 [MSC, trad.]
荒时暴月，向亲友乞哀告怜，借得几斗几升，敷衍三日五日，债务丛集，如牛负重。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Huāngshíbàoyuè, xiàng qīnyǒu qǐ'āigàolián, jiè dé jǐ dǒu jǐ shēng, fūyǎn sān rì wǔ rì, zhàiwù cóngjí, rúniúfùzhòng.
- In hard times they piteously beg help from relatives and friends, borrowing a few tou or sheng of grain to last them a few days, and their debts pile up like loads on the backs of oxen.