bèi

a legendary wolf

distressed; wretched

dog (犭) + sound bèi (贝) = a wretched legendary wolf

The dog radical marks this as a creature of canine legend. 贝 gives the sound bèi and carries no meaning here — the beast's misery lives in the word 狼狈, not in its parts.

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DogSemantic
ShellPhonetic

他在人群中狼地找着自己的东西。

tā zài rén qún zhōng láng bèi de zhǎo zhe zì jǐ de dōng xi。

he was searching for his things among the crowd in a wretched state.

考试失败后,他狼地走出了教室。

kǎo shì shī bài hòu,tā láng bèi de zǒu chū le jiào shì。

after failing the exam, he walked out of the classroom in a distressed and sorry state.

Words with 狈

狼狈

láng bèi

in a difficult situation

狼狈不堪

láng bèi bù kān

battered and exhausted

狼狈为奸

láng bèi wéi jiān

villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)

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