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疲惫

píbèi

exhausted, weary

Part of speech · adjective

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 经过一天的工作,他感到十分疲惫。
    After a day of work, he felt utterly exhausted.
  2. 长途旅行让人身心疲惫。
    A long journey leaves one physically and mentally weary.

Collocations

身心疲惫感到疲惫疲惫不堪十分疲惫

Mnemonic

疲 pí "tired" + 惫 bèi "weary": both "exhausted", i.e. utterly worn out. 疲惫不堪 = exhausted beyond endurance. The 疲 is in 疲劳 (fatigue) and 疲倦. Distinguish 疲惫 (utterly exhausted, emphatic) from 累 (lèi, colloquial "tired") and 疲劳 (píláo, fatigue, noun/adjective).

Related

疲劳疲倦劳累精疲力尽

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