







World-weary
Pessimistic
Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope, who may have one or two friends?
'I'm really very pessimistic these days,' he says.

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Open the tool →厌世 (yàn shì) means “World-weary, Pessimistic”.
厌世 is pronounced yàn shì in Mandarin Chinese.
“World-weary” is 厌世 (yàn shì) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 厌世, each with pinyin and an English translation.