郁郁不乐 — Chinese idiom
郁郁不乐
yù yù bù lè
Traditional: 鬱鬱不樂
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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