depressed
In Chinese, the Pinyin is Qi ǎ or á NW ú L è, which means to be sad and serious on the face and unhappy in the heart. It comes from Xunzi, self cultivation.
Notes on Idioms
Min ran: sad look.
The origin of Idioms
Xunzi's self cultivation: "when you see something bad, you must introspect yourself."
depressed
look for a needle in a bottle of hay - dà hǎi lāo zhēn
A book on the back of one's house - yǎng wū zhù shū
one 's mind settles as still water - xīn rú zhǐ shuǐ
a man of brilliance unequalled by contemporaries - kuàng shì yì cái
unable to get down but dangerous to go on - shì chéng qí hǔ