怅然若失
chàng​rán​ruò​shī

disappointed and lost

  • created sense approved 怅然若失/悵然若失 · chàng​rán​ruò​shī · disappointed and lost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    怅然若失 / 悵然若失

    chàng​rán​ruò​shī

    disappointed and lost

    to be in a despondent or listless mood; feeling empty and confused as if one has lost something

    怅 (literal) → 怅/悵 · chàng · disappointed 然 (bound) → 然 · rán · [state] 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to fail to achieve

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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