dispirited

dispirited

Depressed, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ě im ǐ B ú zh è n, which means to describe depression. It's from the forest and the snow.

Notes on Idioms

Dispirited: also make dispirited, decadent.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote a preface to sending Gao xianshangren: "decadent and frustrated, you can't lose when you are defeated."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; it refers to depression. example breathed listlessly, then stood there like a patient. (Qubo's "forest sea and snow plain" 17).

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: dispirited; antonym: energetic

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; it refers to depression.

Idiom story

In 1125, the Jin army went south to attack the Northern Song Dynasty. Guo Yaoshi, the garrison general of Yanjing, surrendered to the enemy. Liang Fangping, the garrison general of Huanghe, fled to Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Huizong of Song Dynasty passed the throne to Zhao Huan, the son of qinzong of Song Dynasty, and fled to Zhenjiang by himself. Minister Yang Shi wrote: "the enemy must be inspired to fight against the Jin invasion. If he is depressed, he will be doomed.