低欲望

低慾望
dīyùwàng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 low-desire
  2. 2 having little appetite for consumption or ambition

Examples

HSK 3
Xiànzài hěnduō niánqīngrén dōu shì dīyùwàng rénqún.
Many young people today belong to the low-desire demographic.
HSK 7-9
Tā guò zhe dīyùwàng de shēnghuó, bù mǎifáng bù mǎi chē.
He lives a low-desire life - no house, no car.

Tips

culture
低欲望 gained currency in China through Japanese management consultant Kenichi Ohmae's 2015 book 《低欲望社会》 (The Low-Desire Society), which diagnosed Japan's post-bubble youth. Chinese commentators later applied the label to their own 躺平 generation.

Stroke Order

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