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垂头丧气

chuí tóu sàng qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6b014413e503c53f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

垂頭喪氣 垂头丧气 [chui2 tou2 sang4 qi4] /hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected/crestfallen/

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Other forms in these source records: 垂頭喪氣

  • 垂
    chuí

    to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 丧
    sāng

    mourning / funeral / (old) corpse

    sàng

    to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged

  • 气
    qì

    gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.