百无聊赖 (bǎi wú liáo lài) — extremely bored; listless; having nothing to do
Definition
Literary idiom for being 'bored stiff' — far more intense than the everyday 没事做 ('having nothing to do'), and written in tone rather than spoken.
idiom
extremely boredlistlesshaving nothing to do
Examples
- ，百无聊赖。Zhōu mò yí gè rén zài jiā, jué de bǎi wú liáo lài.At home alone on the weekend, I felt extremely bored.
- 百无聊赖，。Tā bǎi wú liáo lài dì fān zhe shū, yí yè yě méi kàn jìn qù.He listlessly flipped through the book without reading a single page.
- 百无聊赖，。Nà duàn bǎi wú liáo lài de rì zi, tā tiān tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ.During those boring days, he slept until noon every day.
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