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Open the tool →单忧极瘁 (dān yōu jí cuì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be utterly consumed by profound worry and extreme physical or mental exhaustion; to suffer great anguish from intense concern and toil”.
单忧极瘁 is pronounced dān yōu jí cuì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 单忧极瘁 means “Exhausted by worry, utterly worn out”. It is used to mean “to be utterly consumed by profound worry and extreme physical or mental exhaustion; to suffer great anguish from intense concern and toil”.
指极尽忧虑辛劳之苦。单,通“殚”。