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伛偻

Word · VerbTraditional傴僂

hunchbacked; stooped; bent with age

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to be hunchbacked; to stoop; to walk with a bent back

literary

Literary term describing a stooped posture, typically due to old age, illness, or physical labor. Often carries a connotation of frailty or the passage of time.

Lǎo老
rén人
yǔ伛
lǚ偻
zhe着
shēn身
zi子
 ,
màn慢
màn慢
de地
zǒu走
jìn进
yuàn院
zi子
 。

The old man walked slowly into the courtyard, his body stooped with age.

Cháng长
nián年
lěi累
yuè月
de的
láo劳
zuò作
shǐ使
tā他
yǔ伛
lǚ偻
 。

Years of hard labor had left him hunchbacked.

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Tā他
yǔ伛
lǚ偻
de的
bèi背
yǐng影
zài在
xī夕
yáng阳
zhōng中
xiǎn显
de得
gé格
wài外
gū孤
dú独
 。

His stooped silhouette looked especially lonely in the setting sun.