百无聊赖 — Chinese idiom
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
Traditional: 百無聊賴
Meaning
- bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
Character by character
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 聊liáosomewhat, slightly, at least
- 赖làito depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài
- 千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài
- 千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
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