灰心
huīxīn
to lose heart, to be discouraged
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 失败了几次,他有点灰心。After a few failures, he grew somewhat discouraged.
- 别灰心,再试一次。Don’t lose heart; try once more.
Collocations
别灰心灰心丧气感到灰心灰心了
Mnemonic
灰 huī "ash" + 心 xīn "heart": "to lose heart, to be discouraged". The heart burns down to ash. A separable verb (灰什么心). 灰心丧气 = utterly dejected. Opposite of 信心 (confidence); similar to 泄气 (to feel deflated).
Related
泄气失望气馁信心
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