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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「暮氣沉沉」, with more below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「暮氣沉沉」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Dusk: the haze at dusk; heavy: low and gloomy. Describes a state of listlessness and lack of vitality.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mù qì chén chén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mou6 hei3 cham4 cham4

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