| 万念俱灰 |
wàn niàn jù huī |
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened |
| 万 |
mò |
used in 万俟 |
| 万 |
Wàn |
surname Wan |
| 万 |
wàn |
ten thousand / a great number |
| 念 |
niàn |
variant of 念, to read aloud |
| 念 |
niàn |
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) |
| 俱 |
jù |
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike |
| 灰 |
huī |
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |