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失望

shī wàng · shi wang

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Meaning

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  1. disappointed
  2. to lose hope
  3. to despair
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Disappointing movie

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)了(le)？看起来(kànqǐlai)很(hěn)失望(shīwàng)。

    What's wrong? You look very disappointed.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)等(děng)了(le)两个月(liǎnggèyuè)的(de)电影(diànyǐng)，结果(jiéguǒ)很(hěn)无聊(wúliáo)。

    The movie I waited two months for turned out to be boring.

  3. Dengdeng

    真(zhēn)让(ràng)人(rén)失望(shīwàng)。

    That's really disappointing.

  4. Liangliang

    不过(bùguò)，我(wǒ)没有(méiyǒu)太(tài)失望(shīwàng)，因为(yīnwèi)座位(zuòwèi)很(hěn)舒服(shūfu)，我(wǒ)睡(shuì)得(de)很(hěn)好(hǎo)。

    Still, I wasn't too disappointed, because the seat was comfortable and I slept well.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)去(qù)看(kàn)电影(diànyǐng)，是(shì)去(qù)睡觉(shuìjiào)的(de)吧(ba)？

    So you didn't go to watch a movie, you went to sleep, right?

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01

成(chéng)千(qiān)上(shàng)万(wàn)的(de)人(rén)对(duì)这(zhè)个(ge)广(guǎng)告(gào)很(hěn)失(shī)望(wàng)。

Thousands of people were very disappointed with this advertisement.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

比(bǐ)赛(sài)输(shū)了(le)，孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)都(dōu)很(hěn)失(shī)望(wàng)。

The children were all very disappointed that they lost the game.

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