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melancholy

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chou2 chóu

Meaning


Primary

melancholy

Alternatives

melancholic, melancholia

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-(o)u] bakery where he is feeling unusually 惆 melancholic - even for he. A floating 忄 soul tries to cheer him up by running 周 laps around him, but Charlie does not cheer up. He just continues to look 惆 melancholic and stares at the 忄 soul while snacking on a croissant.

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