装穷叫苦

to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)

Characters and words in 装穷叫苦

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

装 = 壮 + 衣 : Julian Giant Squid and the armoured hero are rehearsing their play in front of the anglepod. Julian Giant Squid wears a kilt and is playing the damsel in distress which is rescued by the armoured hero.

穷

窮

qióng = qu + (e)ng2

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

穷 = 力 + 穴 : Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.

叫

jiào = ji + ao4

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

叫 = 丩 + 口 : Joan of Arc rushes into the aorta's bathroom with a mandarin on a roast fork and shouts that the mandarins are ready to be picked up.

叫

呌

jiào = ji + ao4

variant of 叫[jiao4]

叫 = 丩 + 口 : Joan of Arc rushes into the aorta's bathroom with a mandarin on a roast fork and shouts that the mandarins are ready to be picked up.

叫

jiào

苦

kǔ

to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble

苦

kǔ = ku + Ø3

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.

Words with 装穷叫苦

装穷叫苦 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 装穷叫苦

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