鬱鬱不得志
yù​yù​bù​dé​zhì

frustrated in one's ambitions

  • created sense approved 郁郁不得志/鬱鬱不得志 · yù​yù​bù​dé​zhì · frustrated in one's ambitions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    郁郁不得志 / 鬱鬱不得志

    yù​yù​bù​dé​zhì

    frustrated in one's ambitions

    to feel depressed and frustrated because one's ambitions and talents have not been recognized or fulfilled

    郁郁 (reduplication) → 郁/鬱 · yù · depressed 不得 (literal) → 不得 · bù​dé · to not obtain 志 (literal) → 志 · zhì · will

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

    created sense