辜 gū
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
辜负
gūfù
to disappoint; to fail to live up to
Characters in this word
负 fù
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果管理层继续忽视基层意见，就会辜负员工多年积累的信任。 Rúguǒ guǎnlǐcéng jìxù hūshì jīcéng yìjiàn, jiù huì gūfù yuángōng duōnián jīlěi de xìnrèn. If management continues to ignore grassroots opinions, it will betray the trust employees have built up over many years.
- 我不想辜负父母对我的期望。 Wǒ bù xiǎng gūfù fùmǔ duì wǒ de qīwàng. I don't want to let down my parents' expectations.
- 这么好的天气不出去走走，真是辜负了春天。 Zhème hǎo de tiānqì bù chūqù zǒuzou, zhēnshi gūfù le chūntiān. Not going out on such a lovely day would be a waste of spring.
Related words
- 无辜 wúgū innocent; blameless
- 负责 fùzé to be responsible for
- 负担 fùdān burden; to bear
- 负责人 fùzérén person in charge
- 胜负 shèngfù win or lose; outcome
- 负面 fùmiàn negative, adverse
- 抱负 bàofù ambition; aspiration
- 背负 bēifù to bear; to shoulder; to carry
- 担负 dānfù to bear; to shoulder; to undertake
- 负 fù to bear; to owe; negative; to lose
- 负重 fùzhòng to carry a load; to bear a burden
- 肩负 jiānfù to shoulder; to bear responsibility