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Here, we present the idiom 「枯體灰心」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
The body is like a dead tree and the heart is like dead ash. Describes extreme negativity. Same as “looking withered and discouraged”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kū tǐ huī xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fu1 tai2 fui1 sam1
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