不悦 (bù yuè) — unhappy, displeased | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

unhappydispleased

不悦。
Tā duì zhè ge jié guǒ gǎn dào bù yuè.
He felt unhappy about this result.
，不悦。
Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā liǎn shàng lù chū le bù yuè de biǎo qíng.
Hearing this news, she showed a displeased expression on her face.
不悦。
Lǎo bǎn yīn wèi yuán gōng chí dào ér bù yuè.
The boss was displeased because the employee was late.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

兌

兌duì悦yuè

Same sound today

The heart part 忄 shows the feeling of delight; 兌 gives the sound.

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