Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「黯然魂銷」, with details below.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「黯然魂銷」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Dejected: looking depressed; soul-lost: the soul has left the body. Describes a state of extreme depression, grief, and loss of consciousness
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
àn rán hún xiāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
am2 yin4 wan4 siu1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

