HKC：囧

HKC：囧

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Means: The character ‘囧’ as you can see, looks like a face with down casted eyes. The youngsters use it to express feelings of embarrassment or response to silliness. The character囧 originallymeans 'bright', but it is rarely used nowadays.
【解释】
象形。象窗口通明。本义:光明。由于普通话的“囧”与“窘”同音，字形也很像一张委屈八字眉的脸。网络中常用字的形象来表示“尴尬”、“无奈”、“真受不了”、“被打败了”等意思。
For example:
In a football game, Mike got the ball into the wrong gate, one can say Mike just got himself into a very 囧 situation.
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