Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Weary of life, world-weary: A state of feeling tired, bored, or disillusioned with life in general, often leading to a lack of motivation or interest in daily activities.
   • Pessimistic, jaded: Having a negative or cynical outlook on life due to repeated disappointments or a sense of meaninglessness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau chuỗi ngày thất bại, anh ấy cảm thấy rất chán đời. (After a series of failures, he felt very weary of life.)
  • Cô ấy có vẻ chán đời và không muốn tham gia bất cứ hoạt động nào. (She seems world-weary and doesn't want to join any activities.)
  • Đừng có suy nghĩ chán đời như vậy; mọi chuyện rồi sẽ tốt lên. (Don't have such pessimistic thoughts; everything will get better.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sống trong tâm trạng chán đời": to live in a state of world-weariness.

  • Giai đoạn đó, anh ta sống trong tâm trạng chán đời. (During that period, he lived in a state of world-weariness.)

• "Cảm giác chán đời ập đến": the feeling of being weary of life suddenly sets in.

  • Mỗi khi mưa dầm, cảm giác chán đời lại ập đến. (Whenever it rains continuously, the feeling of being weary of life suddenly sets in.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chán nản (adj): discouraged, disheartened. (A more general term for feeling down or demotivated, not exclusively about life itself.)

  • Thất bại khiến cậu ấy chán nản. (The failure made him discouraged.)

• Bi quan (adj): pessimistic. (Focuses on a negative outlook towards the future.)

  • Anh ấy có cái nhìn bi quan về tình hình kinh tế. (He has a pessimistic view of the economic situation.)

Synonyms

• Ngán ngẩm: fed up, disgusted (often with a specific situation, but can extend to life).
• Thất vọng về cuộc sống: disappointed with life.

Related Phrases

• Chán đời chí chết: (idiomatic) extremely weary of life, utterly fed up with living.

  • Công việc lặp đi lặp lại khiến tôi chán đời chí chết. (The repetitive work makes me utterly fed up with living.)

• Buồn chán: sad and bored. (A combination of sadness and boredom, which can be a component of "chán đời".)

Related Idioms

• Đời là bể khổ: Life is a sea of suffering. (A proverb expressing a pessimistic or weary view of life, closely related to the sentiment of "chán đời".)
  • Ông cụ hay than thở "đời là bể khổ". (The old man often complains that "life is a sea of suffering".)

1. To be tired of living