鬱鬱不得志

Chinese

		lush; luxuriant; depressed lush; luxuriant; depressed; melancholic	not; no	having achieved one's ambitions; having gotten one's way; enjoying success
trad. (鬱鬱不得志)		鬱鬱	不	得志
simp. (郁郁不得志)		郁郁	不	得志

Etymology

From the New Book of Tang:

變姓名為劉智遠，教授諸生自給，鬱鬱不得志，哀吟泣下。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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变姓名为刘智远，教授诸生自给，郁郁不得志，哀吟泣下。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE

Biàn xìngmíng wéi Liú Zhìyuǎn, jiàoshòu zhūshēng zìgěi, yùyùbùdézhì, āi yín qì xià. [Pinyin]

[Li Mi] changed his name to Liu Zhiyuan, and taught the people how to make a life. He felt depressed and sobbed in grief.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyùbùdézhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ wat¹ bat¹ dak¹ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyùbùdézhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyùbùdéjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yü⁴-pu⁴-tê²-chih⁴
    • Yale: yù-yù-bù-dé-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyuhbuderjyh
    • Palladius: юйюйбудэчжи (jujjujbudɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ wat¹ bat¹ dak¹ zi³
    • Yale: wāt wāt bāt dāk ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ wat⁷ bat⁷ dak⁷ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ wed¹ bed¹ deg¹ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ wɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ t͡siː³³/

Idiom

鬱鬱不得志

1. to feel depressed because one cannot achieve their ambition