乞哀告憐

Chinese

		beg	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to tell; to inform; to say	to pity
trad. (乞哀告憐)		乞	哀	告	憐
simp. (乞哀告怜)		乞	哀	告	怜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ'āigàolián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ oi¹ gou³ lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ'āigàolián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ-aigàolián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ai¹-kao⁴-lien²
    • Yale: chǐ-āi-gàu-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiaigawlian
    • Palladius: циайгаолянь (ciajgaoljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ oi¹ gou³ lin⁴
    • Yale: hāt ōi gou lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ oi¹ gou³ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ oi¹ gou³ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kou̯³³ liːn²¹/

Idiom

乞哀告憐

1. to beg for pity and ask for help

   • 荒時暴月，向親友乞哀告憐，借得幾斗幾升，敷衍三日五日，債務叢集，如牛負重。 [MSC, trad.]
     荒时暴月，向亲友乞哀告怜，借得几斗几升，敷衍三日五日，债务丛集，如牛负重。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Huāngshíbàoyuè, xiàng qīnyǒu qǐ'āigàolián, jiè dé jǐ dǒu jǐ shēng, fūyǎn sān rì wǔ rì, zhàiwù cóngjí, rúniúfùzhòng. [Pinyin]

     In hard times they piteously beg help from relatives and friends, borrowing a few tou or sheng of grain to last them a few days, and their debts pile up like loads on the backs of oxen.