be out of spirits(méi jīng dǎ cǎi)

be out of spirits

Languid, a Chinese idiom, pronounced m é ij ī NGD ǎ C ǎ I, is used to describe low spirits. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Analysis of Idioms

Exhausted, exhausted and listless

Idiom usage

If you want to go to another home, you have no space, so you have to discuss with tarui San. The man slouched to open a door. The first chapter of Lao Can's travels by Liu E in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 87 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "Jia Baoyu is full of doubts and listless and returns to Yihong courtyard."

Idiom story

Miaoyu came to visit Xichun in the Grand View Garden. Jia Baoyu wanted to send Miaoyu away. They came to the winding path in the garden and heard the sound of Jingdong from Xiaoxiang hall. They sat on the stone listening to the sad melodious sound of the piano. Suddenly, the string broke. Miaoyu wants to go back to the temple, so that Baoyu is full of doubts and listlessly returns to Yihong courtyard.

Chinese PinYin : méi jīng dǎ cǎi