Tā kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo, zhěngtiān chuítóu-sàngqì de.
He didn't do well on the exam and has been dejected all day.
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usage
Often appears in the idiom 垂头丧气, meaning 'hanging one's head in despair'.
mistakes
Watch the second syllable. With a full fourth tone, 丧气 is about low spirits, the sense carried by 垂头丧气. Said with a neutral second syllable, sàngqi, it is a colloquial word for unlucky, as in 真丧气, what rotten luck.
