没精打采

沒精打采

méijīng-dǎcǎi

idiom #29,014

Meanings

1 listless
2 dispirited
3 lacking energy
4 washed out
5 dejected

Characters

without / lacking

spirit / energy / essence

to strike / to act on

brilliance / enthusiasm / vigour

Examples

他今天没精打采的，一定是没睡好。

Tā jīntiān méijīngdǎcǎi de, yīdìng shì méi shuì hǎo.

He's listless today — he must not have slept well.

连续加班一周后，整个团队都没精打采。

Liánxù jiābān yī zhōu hòu, zhěnggè tuánduì dōu méijīngdǎcǎi.

After a week of continuous overtime, the whole team was completely washed out.

Tips

memory

没精 = without spirit/energy; 打采 = to be enthusiastic / to glow. Together: no spirit, no glow — the exact look of someone dragging themselves through the day.

Stroke Order

没 méi

精 jīng

打 dǎ

采 cǎi