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无精打采

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Pīnyīn
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dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out
HSK 7-9

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *无* | 无* | *无
4画
negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
1041.0
MKU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *精* | 精* | *精
14画
essence; semen; spirit
9592.7
FDQMB
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *打* | 打* | *打
5画
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
5102.0
QMN
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *采* | 采* | *采
8画
collect, gather; pick, pluck
2090.4
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Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
   
   cǎi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *采* | 采* | *采
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather
   
   cǎi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *采* | 采* | *采
color / complexion / looks / variant of / variant of 採|采
   
   cài
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *采* | 采* | *采
used in 采邑 and 采地