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悲观

bēiguān

pessimistic

Part of speech · adjective

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sad
Un-heart
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Examples

  1. 他对未来一直很悲观。
    He has always been pessimistic about the future.
  2. 别那么悲观,事情会好起来的。
    Don’t be so pessimistic; things will get better.

Collocations

很悲观悲观的态度悲观失望过于悲观

Mnemonic

悲 bēi "sorrow" + 观 guān "to view": viewing things sorrowfully. 悲 has 心 "heart" at the bottom.

Related

乐观失望消极绝望

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