萬念俱灰

every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])

entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / to be alike

(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike

ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected