蔫頭耷腦

蔫头耷脑
niāntóudānǎo
(idiom) (coll.) (of a flower etc) droopy; withered; (of a person) listless; dispirited

CEDICT

colloquial

Entry Composition

1 蔫 niān
  1. to fade
  2. to wither
  3. to wilt
  4. listless
=2 頭 tóu
  1. head
  2. hair style
  3. the top
  4. end
  5. beginning or end
  6. a stub
  7. remnant
  8. chief
  9. boss
  10. side
  11. aspect
  12. first
  13. leading
  14. classifier for pigs or livestock

classifier: 個
=2 頭 tou suffix for nouns
3 耷 dā
  1. (literary) big ears
  2. (bound form) to droop
4 腦 nǎo
  1. brain
  2. mind
  3. head
  4. essence