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乘兴而往,败兴而返

/ chéng xìng ér wǎng, bài xìng ér fǎn /
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Collocation

1
原先是乘兴而往,结果却是败兴而返
2
弄得乘兴而往,败兴而返
3
结果是乘兴而往,败兴而返
4
真是乘兴而往,败兴而返

Definition

乘兴而往,败兴而返

Literally means:

set out in a high spirit but return with a ruined mood

Actually means:

乘兴, means that someone is a high spirit; Bai Xing, refers to the good mood being ruined.

This phrase means that after someone setting out in a high spirit, he encounters something unhappy and returns with a ruined mood.

乘兴,乘着兴致很高的时候;败兴:兴致遭到破坏。

乘兴而往,败兴而返,高高兴兴地外出以后,因碰到不开心的事情而带着不愉快的心情返回。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. Both parts of the phrase can be used independently. (作谓语、宾语、补语,前后两部分可以分开使用)
1
céngjīng
曾经
cānjiā
参加
guò
hǎo
好几
xíng
大型
hūnyàn
婚宴
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
cānzhuō
餐桌
shàng
dōu
shì
rènshi
认识
de
rén
  
,
juéde
觉得
hěn
bièniǔ
别扭
  
,
suǒ
所以
几乎
měi
每次
dōu
chéngxìng
乘兴
ér
wǎng
  
,
bàixìng
败兴
ér
fǎn
  

I have participated in several large wedding banquets, because the table is not known people, feel very awkward, so almost every time to take advantage of the fun, defeat.

2
Zhè
这次
wǎngqiú
网球
sài
比赛
  
,
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
第一
lún
sài
比赛
jiù
bèi
táotài
淘汰
le
  
,
jiēguǒ
结果
shì
chéngxìng
乘兴
ér
wǎng
  
,
què
bàixìng
败兴
ér
fǎn
  

This tennis match, he did not expect the first round of the round was eliminated, the result is to take advantage of the fun, but lost.

3
Zuótiān
昨天
qīngzǎo
清早
ge
péngyou
朋友
hǎibiān
海边
kàn
chū
日出
  
,
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
tiān
天气
rán
突然
yóu
qíng
zhuǎi
yīn
  
,
tàiyang
太阳
chūlái
出来
le
  
,
gǎo
de
chéngxìng
乘兴
ér
wǎng
  
,
bàixìng
败兴
ér
fǎn
  

Yesterday morning and a few friends went to the seaside to see the sunrise, did not expect the weather suddenly from sunny to cloudy, the sun does not come out, make a happy, lost.