愤世嫉俗
fèn​shì​jí​sú

detest the world and its ways

  • created sense approved 愤世嫉俗/憤世嫉俗 · fèn​shì​jí​sú · detest the world and its ways — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    愤世嫉俗 / 憤世嫉俗

    fèn​shì​jí​sú

    detest the world and its ways

    to be filled with indignation at the corruption of society or the world; to be cynical and embittered

    愤 (literal) → 愤/憤 · fèn · indignant 世 (literal) → 世 · shì · world 嫉 (literal) → 嫉 · jí · to hate 俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · secular

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

    created sense