萎靡不振
wai2 mei5 bat1 zan3wěi mǐ bù zhèn
English
- dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
- sluggish; slump; dispirited
粵語 — Cantonese
- 唔振作、唔興旺之餘,重有頹廢嘅意思。
Examples
台幣上漲,造成台灣的出口貿易萎靡不振。
The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.
Tatoeba · jjbraam CC BY
佢食咗檸檬之後,一直萎靡不振,無心機做任何嘢。
After he was rejected, he has been demotivated and lacks the motivation to do anything.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk