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失望

shīwàng

to be disappointed

Part of speech · verb / adjective

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 考试没考好,我很失望。
    I did poorly on the exam and feel very disappointed.
  2. 请不要让父母失望。
    Please do not let your parents down.

Collocations

很失望感到失望让人失望对…失望

Mnemonic

失 shī "to lose" + 望 wàng "hope": losing one's hope. The opposite arc of 希望 (hope).

Related

希望绝望难过

Quick check

  1. In 对他很失望, what does 对 do?

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