wú​liáo​lài

bored

  • created sense approved 无聊赖/無聊賴 · wú​liáo​lài · bored — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无聊赖 / 無聊賴

    wú​liáo​lài

    bored

    bored stiff; extremely depressed or listless; often used in the fixed phrase [[百无聊赖|百無聊賴|bai3 wu2 liao2 lai4]]

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 聊赖 (literal) → 聊赖/聊賴 · liáo​lài · to rely on; something to rely on

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  • created sense approved 无聊赖/無聊賴 · wú​liáo​lài · helpless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无聊赖 / 無聊賴

    wú​liáo​lài

    helpless

    (literary) down and out with no one to rely on; to be in a difficult situation without support

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 聊赖 (literal) → 聊赖/聊賴 · liáo​lài · to rely on; something to rely on

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

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