疲倦

• 拼音: pí juàn
• 汉字拆解: 疲 = 疒 + 皮 (illness + skin — physically drained); 倦 = 亻 + 卷 (person + roll up — a person curled up with weariness)

含义

Tired; fatigued; weary. A moderate level of tiredness, and also the sense of being tired of or wearied by something.

More literary and slightly milder than 疲惫. Can describe physical tiredness after exertion or a gradual weariness of something repetitive (感到疲倦 of a routine). 不知疲倦 (tireless, indefatigable) is a positive idiom. Common in written and formal spoken Chinese.

例句

1. 连日赶路让他感到疲倦，但脑海中对目的地的期待支撑着他继续前行。
2. 她对日复一日毫无变化的工作渐感疲倦，开始认真思考是否应该寻求新的职业发展方向。
3. 老人虽已满脸疲倦之色，却仍坚持为孩子们讲完这个故事才肯休息。

用法指南

语境: health, emotion, literary, travel

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 尽管身体已显疲倦，他仍凭借顽强的意志力坚持完成了整场马拉松比赛，令在场观众无不动容。(Although his body was already showing signs of fatigue, he persisted through the entire marathon by sheer willpower, moving everyone present.)
• 他不知疲倦地为社区服务，十余年间从未缺席任何一次义务活动，被邻居们亲切地称为社区的守护者。(He served the community tirelessly, never missing a single volunteer activity in over ten years, and was affectionately called the guardian of the community by his neighbours.)

错误说法

• 我对这部电影感到疲倦 — 疲倦 in this construction sounds unnatural; use 看腻了 (bored of it) or 对这部电影失去了兴趣 (lost interest) instead

起源与历史

疲 (weary from exertion) + 倦 (tired of continuing) — tired from effort and wearied of going on

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal