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想不開
简 想不开 · 繁 想不開Mandarin · pinyin xiǎng bu kāi
Meanings
- cannot figure out
- to be unable to take a lighter view
- to take things too hard
- to be depressed
- to fret over trifles
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3–5–1 · xiang3 bu5 kai1
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verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 想開 /想开 (xiǎngkāi), 不: cannot get over
- (euphemistic) to commit suicide
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