lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom; to dispel depression or melancholy; to relieve stress; a relaxing pass-time
trad. 消愁解悶
Also written 消愁解悶【xiāo chóu jiě mèn】
Characters in this word
4消
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to diminish; to subside, to consume; to reduce, to idle away (the time), (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16244 of 2500
愁
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to worry about
- Pinyin
- chóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 24585 of 2500
解
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surname Xie
- Pinyin
- Xiè
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 9847 of 2500
闷
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stuffy, shut indoors, to smother, to cover tightly
- Pinyin
- mēn
- Traditional
- 悶
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13363 of 2500