chàng
rán

common
literary

Meaning of 怅然

怅然 means feeling disappointed and depressed; dispirited. Pronounced chàng rán.

  • feeling disappointed and depressed; dispirited

Definitions & Examples

zhī
wèi
néng
xuǎn
 
chàng
rán
ér
fǎn
 

Upon learning he was not selected, he returned home disconsolately.

Lǎo
péng
you
 
jīn
gǎn
dào
chàng
rán
ruò
shī
 

As his old friends departed one by one, he couldn't help feeling a sense of loss and melancholy.

Kàn
zhe
kōng
dàng
dàng
de
xiào
yuán
 
shēng
de
xīn
zhōng
yǒng
zhèn
chàng
rán
 

Looking at the empty campus, a wave of melancholy rose in the graduate's heart.

chàng
rán
wàng
zhe
yuǎn
fāng
 
yán
 

He gazed into the distance dispiritedly without saying a word.