辜负 meaning in English

gūfù

to fail to live up to (sb's expectations, trust or kindness); to let down

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 辜負18 strokes

Meaning of 辜负

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gūfù
  1. to fail to live up to (sb's expectations, trust or kindness); to let down

辜负 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

新xīn老lǎo师shī辜gū负fù了le这zhè个ge班bān学xué生shēng的de期qī望wàng。
The new teacher was a disappointment to the class.
你nǐ这zhè样yàng做zuò,辜gū负fù了le朋péng友yǒu对duì你nǐ的de信xìn任rèn。
Doing this is to betray the trust of your friends.
她tā没méi有yǒu辜gū负fù我wǒ们men的de期qī望wàng。
She lived up to our expectations.
对duì不bù起qǐ,是shì我wǒ辜gū负fù你nǐ了le。
I am sorry for disappointing you.

Stroke order for each character

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辜 gū · crime · 12 strokes

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负 fù · to bear · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 辜负.

负责fùzéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
负担fùdānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
负责人fùzérénperson in charge
胜负shèngfùvictory or defeat; the outcome of a battle
欺负qīfuto bully
无辜wúgūblameless; innocent; the innocent
自负zìfùconceited; to take responsibility
负面fùmiànnegative; the negative side
抱负bàofùaspiration; ambition
肩负jiānfùto shoulder (a burden); to bear
担负dānfùto shoulder; to bear
负有fùyǒuto be responsible for

Questions about 辜负

What does 辜负 mean?

辜负 (gūfù) means "to fail to live up to (sb's expectations, trust or kindness); to let down" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 辜负?

辜负 is made of 2 characters: 辜 (12 strokes), 负 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 辜负 an HSK word?

Yes. 辜负 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 辜负 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 辜负 is written 辜負.