消愁解闷 (消愁解悶)
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
Pinyin

Definition

消愁解闷 (消愁解悶)
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xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. to relieve stress
  4. a relaxing pass-time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

了解
liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
取消
qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
愁
chóu
  1. 1 to worry about
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo

Idioms (20)

一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly