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


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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