万念俱灰 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• every hope turns to dust ; completely disheartened

Character by character

• 万wànten thousand; innumerable
• 念niànto think of, to recall; to study
• 俱jùall, together; accompany
• 灰huīashes; dust; lime, mortar

Idioms sharing a character

• 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
• 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
• 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
• 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
• 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
• 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
• 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
• 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
• 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
• 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què

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