消愁解闷 xiāo chóu jiě mèn

to dispel depression or melancholy; to relieve stress

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to dispel depression or melancholy
  2. 2. to relieve stress
  3. 3. lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  4. 4. a relaxing pass-time

Characters

Character Meaning
消 xiāo HSK 4
to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate
愁 chóu HSK 5
to worry about
解 jiě HSK 3
to understand; to explain; to solve
闷 mèn HSK 6
bored; depressed; melancholy