She felt blue.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
闷闷不乐
depressed
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
depressed
02
sulky
03
moody
04
unhappy
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 闷闷不乐 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 闷闷不乐 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Quite a few of the children looked unhappy.
He turned to his orange juice sullenly, sneering that every little additive would sign him up for experiments he wanted no part in.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 闷闷不乐.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 闷闷不乐.
Directly before
- 而闷闷不乐1
- 感到闷闷不乐1
- 他闷闷不乐1
- 看起来闷闷不乐1
Directly after
- 闷闷不乐的1
- 闷闷不乐地1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 闷闷不乐
What does 闷闷不乐 mean in Chinese?
闷闷不乐 (mènmènbùlè) means depressed.
How do you pronounce 闷闷不乐?
闷闷不乐 is pronounced mènmènbùlè.
Is 闷闷不乐 an HSK word?
闷闷不乐 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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