百无聊赖

百無聊賴

bǎiwú-liáolài

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Meanings

HSK 3

周末一个人在家，百无聊赖。

Zhōumò yí ge rén zài jiā, bǎiwúliáolài.

Home alone on the weekend, I was bored out of my mind.

HSK 5

他百无聊赖地翻着旧杂志。

Tā bǎiwúliáolài de fān zhe jiù zázhì.

He flipped through old magazines out of sheer boredom.

HSK 5

退休后她常感到百无聊赖。

Tuìxiū hòu tā cháng gǎndào bǎiwúliáolài.

After retiring she often felt at a complete loose end.

usage

聊赖 alone means 'something to depend on / occupy oneself with.' 百无聊赖 literally means 'a hundred things, none to occupy one' - nothing worth doing.

百 bǎi

无 wú

聊 liáo

赖 lài