bent

surname Qu; to feel wronged

bent body (尸) + sound qū (出) = bent, wronged

尸 originally depicted a crouching, bent body — the core image of being bowed or compressed. 出 mainly contributes the sound qū here, though the character's feeling is one of being pressed down with nowhere to go.

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To go outPhonetic
A crouchingSemantic

他受了委,一个人坐在角落里哭。

tā shòu le wěi qū, yī gè rén zuò zài jiǎo luò lǐ kū。

He felt wronged and sat alone in the corner crying.

她觉得很委,因为自己明明没有做错什么。

tā juéde hěn wěi qū, yīnwèi zìjǐ míngmíng méiyǒu zuò cuò shénme。

She felt very wronged because she clearly had not done anything wrong.

Words with 屈

首屈一指

shǒu qū yī zhǐ

to count as number one (idiom); second to none

鸣冤叫屈

míng yuān jiào qū

to complain bitterly

不屈

bù qū

unyielding

不屈不挠

bù qū bù náo

unyielding

冤屈

yuān qū

to treat unjustly

卑躬屈节

bēi gōng qū jié

to bow and scrape

卑躬屈膝

bēi gōng qū xī

to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning

叫屈

jiào qū

to complain of an injustice

坚强不屈

jiān qiáng bù qū

staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast

坚贞不屈

jiān zhēn bù qū

faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast

大丈夫能屈能伸

dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn

ready to give and take

委委屈屈

wěi wěi qū qū

to feel aggrieved

More characters with 尸