downhearted

downhearted

The Chinese idiom, X ī nhu ī y ì L ě ng in pinyin, means to be disheartened and depressed; it describes being extremely disappointed and losing the enterprising spirit. It comes from journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The 40th chapter of journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "so I blame him for not listening to me, so I am lazy and disheartened, saying that everyone has left."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, adverbial; refers to people's depression part of speech combination; as predicate, attribute, adverbial; with derogatory example Mr. l was greatly ~, the spirit of fascism suddenly disappeared, and he went to be a monk. Zou Taofen's the rest of his life in need: Exile

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: frustrated antonym: confident

Idiom story

On the way to the west, Tang Monk didn't know the change of the monster red boy. He didn't listen to Monkey King's repeated dissuasion and had to rescue him. Red boy took advantage of the opportunity to make the supernatural power to suppress the monkey king, made a whirlwind, walked through the rocks and sand, photographed the Tang monk, and disappeared. When the traveler shakes off the heavy load, the wind has stopped. The white dragon horse screamed, his luggage was left under the road, Bajie groaned under the cliff, and monk Sha squatted in front of the slope and called. The traveler hurriedly came forward, grabbed them and asked, "where's master?" Bajie said, "it's a strong wind. Let's hide our faces and bow our heads, and master will also lie on the horse." The traveler said, "brothers, let's break up from now on." Bajie said: "it's right. I'll leave as soon as possible! I wonder when the road to the West will be endless Monk Sha was surprised and said, "elder martial brother, what you say is there. Because we were guilty in our previous life, we were persuaded by Guanyin Bodhisattva to convert to Buddhism, protect Tang monks to go to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, and make amends. It's against Bodhisattva's good intention to give up halfway today. It's bad for your virtue and makes people laugh at you! " The traveler said, "my brother said the same thing. My eyes are shining, but my master doesn't listen to me. So I'm a bit lazy and frustrated, saying that everyone has left. Bajie, tell me about it? " "Bajie said:" I just blundered a few words, in fact, should not be scattered The traveler said happily, "brothers, you have to join hands, pack up your horses, go up the mountain to find the monster and rescue master."