懊丧 (ao sang): translation, meaning, pronunciation, examples

By ricky | December 15, 2017

懊丧 (Chinese PinYin: [ào sàng]; traditional Chinese: 懊喪) may mean: (1) adj. dejected; (2) adj. depressed; (3) adj. despondent; (4) adj. sad; (5) adj. regretful. It is an everyday vocabulary that can be used in both formal and informal Mandarin Chinese. Some common phrases and expressions are: 懊丧地 (sadly), 使人懊丧的 (depressing), 懊丧和恼怒 (depression and anger), 好懊丧 (very depressing), 遗憾和懊丧 (regret and sadness).

Literally: 懊 (regretful) + 丧 (mourning)

1. How to pronounce 懊丧?

Chinese Pinyin: [ào sàng]

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2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 懊丧

Synonyms: 忏悔, 懊恼, 悲哀, 懊悔, 衰颓, 悲伤, 丧气, 颓废, 后悔, 反悔, 悔恨, 悔怨, 颓丧, 沮丧, 颓靡, 颓败

Antonyms: 兴奋, 高昂, 昂扬

3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 懊丧

Fixed expression: 懊丧地 (sadly), 使人懊丧的 (depressing),

Collocation: 懊丧和恼怒 (depression and anger), 好懊丧 (very depressing), 遗憾和懊丧 (regret and sadness),

Idioms: N/A

Terminologies: N/A

4. How to use 懊丧 in a sentence?

Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 懊丧.

4.1 我懊丧地感到自己败给了这些机灵的蚂蚁。

Translation: I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity.

4.2 许多时候,我会觉得懊丧和恼怒, 因为我改变不了自己, 也无法怪罪别人。

Translation: There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn’t change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter.

4.3 很多人会发现他们唯一不曾懊丧悔恨的就是他们所犯的错误,只是往往发现得太晚了。

Translation: Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

4.4 狼十分懊丧

Translation: The wolf is very depressed.

4.5 人不应该生活在记忆之中,不要总为一去不复返的好时光而懊丧,不要总为故去的朋友而伤。

Translation: One should not live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead.

4.6 俱乐部也理解不知情的人的懊丧。

Translation: The club understand the frustrations of people not knowing the truth.

4.7 对新出现的种种懊丧局面保持幽默感,这会有所帮助。

Translation: Maintaining a sense of humor about these new frustrations can be helpful.

4.8 有趣的是,大家一致认为我打孩子的时候肯定感到负罪感和懊丧。

Translation: Interestingly, everyone was unanimous that I must surely have felt horribly guilty and remorseful afterwards.

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