废然而返 fèirán'érfǎn to return disappointed Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 废然 廢然 fèirán dispirited (literary) feeling depressed and dejected; showing a look of disappointment而 ér particleconjunction [adverbial linker] Connects an adverb-like description to the following verb to show the manner, cause, or basis of an action.返 fǎn verbnoun to return to return; to go or come back to a place