垂头丧气

chuí tóu sàng qì

crestfallen

Character by character

垂chuí
hang

头tóu
head

丧sàng
lose

气qì
spirit

比赛输了，队员们垂头丧气。

After losing the match, the players were crestfallen.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Paints the body language of defeat, head hanging; for losers, rejected applicants and failed plans.

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