愤世嫉俗 (憤世嫉俗)
fèn shì jí sú
Pinyin

Definition

愤世嫉俗 (憤世嫉俗)
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fèn shì jí sú
  1. to be cynical
  2. to be embittered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
乱世
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
世
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi
世上
shì shàng
  1. 1 on earth

Idioms (20)

一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你干嘛那么愤世嫉俗呀？钻石又没招你惹你！
nǐ gànma nà me fènshìjísú ya ？zuànshí yòu méi zhāo nǐ rě nǐ ！
Why are you so angry at the world? What did diamonds ever do to you?
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现在社会上有很多愤世嫉俗的青年，仿佛对什么都不满意。
xiànzài shèhuì shàng yǒu hěn duō fènshìjísú de qīngnián ，fǎngfú duì shénme dōu bù mǎnyì 。
There are a lot of cynical young people these days. They seem to be unhappy about everything.
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愤世嫉俗
fènshìjísú
to be cynical
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