"心灰意冷" meaning in Chinese

See 心灰意冷 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐm⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ jiː³³ laːŋ¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Kaohsiung], /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Taipei], /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Kaohsiung], /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Taipei]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 心灰意冷
  1. discouraged and downhearted Tags: idiomatic
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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        "discouraged and downhearted"
      ],
      "id": "en-心灰意冷-zh-phrase-BwG0nhxS",
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          "discouraged",
          "discouraged"
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        [
          "downhearted",
          "downhearted"
        ]
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnhuīyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hoe-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnhuīyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sinhueiyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsin¹-hui¹-i⁴-lêng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syīn-hwēi-yì-lěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shinhueiyihleeng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sinʹxuejilɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "синьхуэйилэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sām fūi yi láahng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sem¹ fui¹ yi³ lang⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ jiː³³ laːŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hoe-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hue-ì-líng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "simhoe'ieleang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/",
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        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-líng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "simhe'ieleang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "心灰意冷"
}
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        "1": "zh",
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      "expansion": "心灰意冷",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 冷",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 心",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 意",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 灰",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "discouraged and downhearted"
      ],
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          "discouraged",
          "discouraged"
        ],
        [
          "downhearted",
          "downhearted"
        ]
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnhuīyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hoe-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnhuīyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sinhueiyìlěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsin¹-hui¹-i⁴-lêng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syīn-hwēi-yì-lěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shinhueiyihleeng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sinʹxuejilɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "синьхуэйилэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sām fūi yi láahng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sem¹ fui¹ yi³ lang⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ jiː³³ laːŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hoe-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-hue-ì-líng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "simhoe'ieleang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-léng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sim-he-ì-líng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "simhe'ieleang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "心灰意冷"
}

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