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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

百无聊赖 [bǎiwúliáolài]
  1. 1. bored stiff

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

百无聊赖 [bǎiwúliáolài]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
    百无聊赖时我就随手抓过一本书来，强迫自己看下去。
    In times of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and force myself to read.
    在这百无聊赖的时候，我决定看会儿动画片。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

百无聊赖 [bǎiwúliáolài]
  1. 1. 指无所事事或精神空虚，没有寄托，感到什么都没有意思(聊赖:依靠;寄托)。
See more results for 百无聊赖 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

百无聊赖时我就随手抓过一本书来，强迫自己看下去。
In times of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and force myself to read. → 百无聊赖
在这百无聊赖的时候，我决定看会儿动画片。 → 百无聊赖
他最近性情沉闷，百无聊赖。 → 沉闷
我们百无聊赖，就一块去遛大街。 → 遛
百无聊赖
bored stiff → 聊赖
百无聊赖 → 赖
百无聊赖。 → 聊
百无聊赖 → 聊赖

Word Decomposition

百
[bǎi] 		+ 无
[wú] 		+ 聊
[liáo] 		+ 赖
[lài]

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