漠然

mò rán · HSK 7

indifferent

🏜️ 漠然 = 漠 desert + 然 -like state: feelings as empty and flat as a desert

漠 is the same character as in 沙漠 (desert); 然 turns a word into a state or manner. A desert-like state of mind is barren and unmoved, hence indifferent, apathetic, cold.

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