 | 狈 | ||
| a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf | |||
| Radical | 犬犭 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | beì | Cantonese reading | bui3 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 狽 | a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf | |
| 狈 | [ beì ] a legendary wolf, distressed, wretched |
| ⇒ 狼狈 | [ láng beì ] in a difficult situation, to cut a sorry figure, scoundrel! (derog.) |
| ⇒ 狼狈不堪 | [ láng beì bù kān ] battered and exhausted, stuck in a dilemma |
| ⇒ 狼狈为奸 | [ láng beì weí jiān ] villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends) |