| 灰溜溜 |
huī liū liū |
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs |
| 灰 |
huī |
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |
| 溜 |
liū |
to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate |
| 溜 |
liù |
swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) |
| 溜 |
liū |
to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate |
| 溜 |
liù |
swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) |