消沉 (xiāo chén) — to sink into despondency · Chinese · Nantoka

xiāo chén

消沉 (xiāo chén) is a Chinese word meaning “to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet”.

Meanings

1to sink into despondency
2(of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet

Part of speech: adjective

Characters in 消沉

消xiāo · to diminish; to subside 沉chén · to submerge

Related words

消息(piece of) news; information 消失to disappear; to fade away 取消to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind 沉默taciturn 消灭to put an end to 消防firefighting 沉to submerge 沉variant of 沉[chen2]消除to eliminate 消to diminish; to subside 沉重heavy 消化to digest (food)

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