郁郁不乐 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• discontented

Character by character

• 郁yùmelancholy; dense growth
• 郁yùmelancholy; dense growth
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 乐lècheerful, happy, laughing; music

Idioms sharing a character

• 抑郁不平 yì yù bù píng
• 郁郁寡欢 yù yù guǎ huān
• 郁郁葱葱 yù yù cōng cōng
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
• 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
• 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
• 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
• 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
• 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
• 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá

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