消沉

xiāo chén

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

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消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish氵肖沉chénto sink, to submerge; profound, deep氵冗

Examples

我一整天都觉得很消沉。

wǒ yī zhěng tiān dōu jué de hěn xiāo chén。

I was feeling blue all day.