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sad; sorrowful
HSK 5
tragedy / CL: 齣|出
HSK 5
miserable / tragic
HSK 6
lamentable
HSK 7-9
joys and sorrows / partings and reunions / the vicissitudes of life
HSK 7-9
pessimistic
HSK 7-9
grieved / sorrowful
HSK 7-9
grieved / sorrowful
HSK 7-9
to wail with grief / plaintive cry
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
phony mercy / sham benevolence / crocodile tears
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
mournful
to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
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sad / sadness / sorrow / grief
grief and indignation
to utter a mournful cry / wail; groan
sorrowful / dismal
solemn and stirring / moving and tragic
mournful
forlorn; miserable
to bewail / to sigh mournfully / to lament
to bewail / to sigh mournfully / to lament
mercy
sad / sorrowful (literary)
mournful
sorrow / tragic
to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
to weep with grief
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
pitiable / sorrowful
mixed feelings of grief and joy
to take pity on sb / compassionate
bitter and sad
to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
melancholy
to mourn / to grieve over sb's death
unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken
vain regrets of old age (idiom)
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
sad news; bad news
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
grieved / miserable
(Internet slang) miserable / pathetic / the pits
sorrowful / grieved
tragicomedy
to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)
tragic
Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果
to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
tragedy of the commons (economics)
the Great Compassion Mantra
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
to choke with grief
grieved / sorrowful
to sing instead of weep (idiom)
lamentations fill the roads (idiom); severe suffering all around


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