消愁解闷 — Chinese idiom
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
Traditional: 消愁解悶
Meaning
- lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy ; diversion from boredom
- to dispel depression or melancholy
- to relieve stress
- a relaxing pass-time
Character by character
- 消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
- 愁chóuanxious, worried
- 解jiěto explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
- 闷mèngloomy, depressed, melancholy
Idioms sharing a character
- 此消彼长 cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng
- 无福消受 wú fú xiāo shòu
- 烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn
- 云消雾散 yún xiāo wù sàn
- 香消玉殒 xiāng xiāo yù yǔn
- 借酒浇愁 jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
- 债多不愁 zhài duō bù chóu
- 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn
- 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng
- 愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn
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