郁郁不得志 yùyùbùdézhì frustrated in one's ambitions Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 郁 鬱 yù reduplication depressed (bound form) gloomy; melancholy; depressed不得 bùdé to not obtain (bound form) to not obtain; to fail to get; to not receive志 zhì noun will aspiration; ideal; ambition; the will to achieve something