灰敗

See also: 灰败

Chinese

		grey; ash	be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (灰敗)		灰	敗
simp. (灰败)		灰	败

Etymology

Shortening of 心灰意敗／心灰意败.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huībài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄅㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huībài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueibài
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-pai⁴
    • Yale: hwēi-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueibay
    • Palladius: хуэйбай (xuejbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

灰敗

1. bleak, hopeless, disheartened

   • 李無忌臉色灰敗，惘然答應着。 [MSC, trad.]
     李无忌脸色灰败，惘然答应着。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1929, Mao Dun, 《虹》 ("Rainbow")

     Lǐwújì liǎnsè huībài, wǎngrán dáyìng zhuó. [Pinyin]

     Li Wuji had a bleak face as he reluctantly agreed.

   • 於是就有荒涼枯寂的墳墓，灰敗無光的白骨，歷歷呈現在自己的幻想裡。 [MSC, trad.]
     于是就有荒凉枯寂的坟墓，灰败无光的白骨，历历呈现在自己的幻想里。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: circa 20th century, Ye Shengtao, 《疑》 ("Doubt")

     Yú shì jiù yǒu huāngliáng kūjì de fénmù, huībài wú guāng de báigǔ, lìlì chéngxiàn zài zìjǐ de huànxiǎng lǐ. [Pinyin]

     The desolate and silent graves, the bleak and lifeless bones, vividly appeared within one's imagination.