拂意
fú​yì

to be thwarted

  • created sense approved 拂意 · fú​yì · to be thwarted — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拂意

    fú​yì

    to be thwarted

    to be contrary to one's wishes; to be disappointed or frustrated because things do not go as one hopes

    拂 (literal) → 拂 · fú · to go against 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · desire

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

    created sense