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郁闷

yù mèn · yu men

Traditional 鬱悶

Meaning

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  1. gloomy
  2. depressed
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Lost to grandpa again

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)郁闷(yùmèn)？

    Dengdeng, why are you so down?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)和(hé)那位(nàwèi)爷爷(yéye)下(xià)象棋(xiàngqí)，输(shū)了(le)五次(wǔcì)。

    I played chess with that grandpa and lost five times.

  3. Liangliang

    别(bié)郁闷(yùmèn)了(le)，他(tā)下(xià)了(le)六十年(liùshínián)棋(qí)。

    Don't be down. He has played chess for sixty years.

  4. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？那(nà)我(wǒ)不(bù)郁闷(yùmèn)了(le)。

    Really? Then I'm not down anymore.

  5. Liangliang

    爷爷(yéye)在(zài)叫(jiào)你(nǐ)，要(yào)再(zài)来(lái)一盘(yīpán)。

    Grandpa is calling you. He wants another game.

  6. Dengdeng

    啊(a)？我(wǒ)又(yòu)要(yào)郁闷(yùmèn)了(le)！

    Huh? I'm going to be down again!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)失(shī)业(yè)后(hòu)，为(wèi)了(le)排(pái)遣(qiǎn)郁(yù)闷(mèn)的(de)心(xīn)情(qíng)而(ér)开(kāi)始(shǐ)了(le)赌(dǔ)博(bó)。

After Tom lost his job, he started to gamble to cope with his depression.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

连(lián)续(xù)几(jǐ)天(tiān)下(xià)雨(yǔ)，不(bù)能(néng)出(chū)门(mén)，他(tā)感(gǎn)到(dào)很(hěn)郁(yù)闷(mèn)。

It rained for several days in a row and he couldn't go out, so he felt very depressed.

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