chuí tóu sàng qì

Traditional: 垂頭喪氣

HSK 7–9

垂头丧气 (chuí tóu sàng qì) is a Chinese word meaning “hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen”.

Meanings

  1. 1hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
  2. 2crestfallen

Characters in 垂头丧气

垂chuí · to hang (down)头tóu · head丧sāng · mourning气qì · gas; air

Related words

头head头suffix for nouns头发hair (on the head)气gas; air生气to get angry; to be furious客气polite头儿leader回头to turn round; to turn one's head石头stone运气luck (good or bad)空气air天气weather

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