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Open the tool →栖栖默默 (xī xī mò mò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes someone who is constantly bustling about or busily occupied but feels disheartened, unsuccessful, or unfulfilled”.
栖栖默默 is pronounced xī xī mò mò in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 栖栖默默 means “Restlessly busy and silently unnoticed/unfulfilled”. It is used to mean “describes someone who is constantly bustling about or busily occupied but feels disheartened, unsuccessful, or unfulfilled”.
栖:忙忙碌碌。忙碌而失意的样子。