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萎靡不振

wěi mǐ bù zhèn

4-character word

What 萎靡不振 means

1. dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast

The characters in 萎靡不振

• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 靡míto waste (money)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate

Example sentences

• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎靡不振。
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.

Sounds the same

Read wěi mǐ bù zhèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委靡不振variant of 萎靡不振