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万念俱灰

wàn niàn jù huī

4-character word Traditional 萬念俱灰

What 万念俱灰 means

1. every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened

The characters in 万念俱灰

• 万wànten thousand; a great number
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 灰huīash; dust; lime

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