屈

qū

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.

尸+出→屈
出To go outPhonetic
尸A crouchingSemantic

他受了委屈,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.

她觉得很委屈,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

卑躬屈膝

bēi gōng qū xī

to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning

屈从

qū cóng

to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will

屈指

qū zhǐ

to count on one's fingers

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

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

More characters with 尸

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