郁郁寡欢 — Chinese idiom
郁郁寡欢
yù yù guǎ huān
Traditional: 鬱鬱寡歡
Meaning
- depressed; cheerless
Character by character
- 郁yùmelancholy; dense growth
- 郁yùmelancholy; dense growth
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 欢huānhappy, glad, joyful
Idioms sharing a character
- 抑郁不平 yì yù bù píng
- 郁郁不乐 yù yù bù lè
- 郁郁葱葱 yù yù cōng cōng
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén
- 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
- 寡二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
- 曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ
- 木讷寡言 mù nè guǎ yán
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán
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