阿斗

A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person

abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

flatter

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]

to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

weak and inept person / hopeless case