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疲惫

píbèi

exhausted; weary

A person slumps in an armchair, papers spilling from a bag
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Characters in this word

疲 pí

Strokes
10
Radical
疒 — sickness, disease
Made of
疒 sickness, disease 皮 skin, hide, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 疲

惫 bèi

Strokes
12
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 思 to think, to ponder, to consider
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 惫

Example phrases

  • 连续加班之后,团队成员普遍感到疲惫,决策质量也明显下降。 Liánxù jiābān zhīhòu, tuánduì chéngyuán pǔbiàn gǎndào píbèi, juécè zhìliàng yě míngxiǎn xiàjiàng. After working overtime continuously, team members generally felt exhausted, and the quality of decision-making also clearly declined.
  • 加了一周的班,他看上去十分疲惫。 Jiā le yī zhōu de bān, tā kàn shàngqù shífēn píbèi. After a week of overtime he looked utterly exhausted.
  • 她疲惫地躺在沙发上,一句话也不想说。 Tā píbèi de tǎng zài shāfā shàng, yī jù huà yě bù xiǎng shuō. She lay on the sofa exhausted and didn't want to say a word.

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