wearied by travel or battle
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
travel-worn; exhausted from a long journey; weary from toil on horseback (as in battle)
literaryOriginally described the exhaustion from riding horses for long distances, especially in ancient times for travel or in warfare. It now more broadly describes fatigue from arduous travel or intense, demanding work. It is a formal, literary idiom.
Jīng经
guò过
sān三
tiān天
sān三
yè夜
de的
jí急
xíng行
jūn军
，
shì士
bīng兵
men们
zǎo早
yǐ已
shì是
ān鞍
mǎ马
láo劳
dùn顿
。
After three days and nights of forced march, the soldiers were already utterly travel-worn.
Tā他
gāng刚
xià下
fēi飞
jī机
，
yī一
liǎn脸
ān鞍
mǎ马
láo劳
dùn顿
de的
shén神
sè色
。
He had just gotten off the plane, looking utterly weary from the journey.
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Wèi为
le了
gōng公
sī司
de的
xiàng项
mù目
，
tā他
sì四
chù处
bēn奔
bō波
，
pō颇
yǒu有
ān鞍
mǎ马
láo劳
dùn顿
zhī之
gǎn感
。
He traveled all over the place for the company project and felt quite exhausted from the toil.