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The featured idiom 「灰心短氣」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Describes the loss of confidence and depression due to failure or setbacks. Same as “discouraged”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huī xīn duǎn qì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fui1 sam1 dyun2 hei3
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