叫苦 jiào kǔ
jiào kǔ
verb
to whine about hardships; to complain of one's bitter lot; to complain; to grumble
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 叫苦不迭 to complain without stopping; to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances
- 装穷叫苦(裝窮叫苦) to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken
- 叫苦连天(叫苦連天) to whine on for days; to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第五回 Chapter 5 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十回 Chapter 40 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第三十五回 Chapter 35 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 叫苦道 (叫苦道) 只叫苦道 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十八回 Chapter 18 — count: 3
- 叫苦曰 (叫苦曰) 玄德馬上叫苦曰 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第六十四回 Chapter 64 — count: 2
- 地叫苦 (地叫苦) 只是肚裏暗暗地叫苦 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十六回 Chapter 46 — count: 2
- 连声叫苦 (連聲叫苦) 口裏連聲叫苦 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 2
- 冤叫苦 (冤叫苦) 薛霸一路上喃喃咄咄的口裏埋冤叫苦 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八回 Chapter 8 — count: 2