255 Optimistic, pessimistic 乐观 and 悲观 (lèguān, bēiguān) pessimistic 14 悲观 [-觀] bēiguān (sad-view) pessimistic: ~情绪 (qíngxù) pessimism || 态度~ be pessimistic || 别太~, 我们还有希望. Don’t be too pessimistic. We still have hopes. '