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绝望

jué wàng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 絕望

What 绝望 means

1. to despair
2. to give up all hope
3. desperate
4. desperation

The characters in 绝望

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 汤姆绝望了。
  Tom gave up all hope.
• 充满希望比绝望好。
  To hope is better than to despair.
• 他终于到了绝望之井。
  Tā zhōngyú dào le juéwàng zhī jǐng.
  At last, he arrived at the Well of Despair.
• 丈夫去世时她十分绝望。
  Zhàngfu qùshì shí tā shífēn juéwàng.
  She was in despair when her husband died.
• 这些家庭主妇过得很绝望。
  These housewives are desperate.
• 终于，他来到了绝望之井。
  At last, he arrived at the Well of Despair.