悲觀主義 [－观－义]

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Pinyin bēi guān zhǔ yì

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. noun; pessimism
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    pessimism
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    没有悲观主义者就没有乐观主义者。
    沒有悲觀主義者就沒有樂觀主義者。
    méi yǒu bēi guān zhǔ yì zhě jiù méi yǒu lè guān zhǔ yì zhě 。
    • If there were no pessimists, neither would there be any optimists.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    投降主义根源于民族失败主义，即民族悲观主义，这种悲观主义认为中国在打了败仗之后再也无力抗日。
    投降主義根源於民族失敗主義，即民族悲觀主義，這種悲觀主義認為中國在打了敗仗之後再也無力抗日。
    tóu xiáng zhǔ yì gēn yuán yú mín zú shī bài zhǔ yì ， jí mín zú bēi guān zhǔ yì ， zhè zhǒng bēi guān zhǔ yì rèn wéi zhōng guó zài dǎ le bài zhàng zhī hòu zài yě wú lì kàng rì ．
    • Capitulationism has its roots in national defeatism or national pessimism, that is, in the idea that having lost some battles, China has no strength left to fight Japan.