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百无聊赖

百無聊賴
bǎiwúliáolài
idiom #35,720

Meanings

  1. 1 utterly bored
  2. 2 bored to death
  3. 3 at a total loose end

Examples

周末一个人在家，百无聊赖。
Zhōumò yí ge rén zài jiā, bǎiwú liáolài.
Home alone on the weekend, I was bored out of my mind.
他百无聊赖地翻着旧杂志。
Tā bǎiwú liáolài de fānzhe jiù zázhì.
He flipped through old magazines out of sheer boredom.
退休后她常感到百无聊赖。
Tuìxiū hòu tā cháng gǎndào bǎiwú liáolài.
After retiring she often felt at a complete loose end.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi
无 wú
聊 liáo
赖 lài