淡薄 (dàn bó) — thin, light, faint (of fog, color, flavor); to fade, to wane (of interest, memory, feelings); indifferent, unconcerned (of human relationships or moral sense)
Definition
An adjective for things that thin out or lose intensity — fog, color, flavor, memory, or interest. Of people or feelings, it means indifferent or emotionally distant, like 感情变得淡薄.
adjective
thinlightfaint (of fog, color, flavor)to fadeto wane (of interest, memory, feelings)indifferentunconcerned (of human relationships or moral sense)
Examples
- 淡薄，。Chén wù jiàn jiàn dàn bó le, yuǎn chù de shān yě qīng xī qǐ lái.The morning mist gradually thinned, and the distant mountains became clear.
- 淡薄。Tā duì zhè jiàn shì de xìng qù yǐ jīng dàn bó le hěn duō.His interest in this matter has faded a lot.
- ，淡薄。Duō nián bú jiàn, wǒ men zhī jiān de gǎn qíng biàn de dàn bó le.After years apart, the feelings between us have become faint.
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