🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

精神失常的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jīngshén shīcháng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
unhinged/ʌnˈhɪndʒd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在会上的表现完全是精神失常的。"

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Mentally deranged, unstable, or extremely emotionally upset.

    "He gave an unhinged rant on social media after losing the election."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the past participle of the verb 'unhinge', combining the negative prefix 'un-' with 'hinge' (from Middle English 'henge', referring to the hinges of a door). Figuratively used since the 19th century to describe someone whose mind or emotional state has lost its stability, as if taken off its hinges.

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