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to entreat / to implore / to plead
HSK 7-9
grief-stricken thoughts / mourning
to be deeply grieved
to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哀* | 哀* | *哀
Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哀* | 哀* | *哀
(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity / (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
to wail
grief; distress; bereavement / grieved; heartbroken; dejected
to howl in grief / anguished wailing / same as 哀號|哀号
sorrow / grief
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine; moan; wail
to cry piteously / anguished wailing / same as 哀嚎
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
funeral music / plaint / dirge
to sigh / to lament / to bewail
(literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition
deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
to grieve; to mourn / deep sorrow; grief
mournful song / dirge / elegy
dirge / lament
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
(of poetry etc) plaintive and beautiful; poignant
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
to weep in sorrow
ultimatum (loanword)
sorrow; sadness / distressed; sorrowful
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
to beg piteously / to supplicate
son orphaned of his mother
obituary (archaic term)
to persuade by all possible means; to implore
to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
bereavement
(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)
grief / resentment / aggrieved / plaintive
to feel compassion for; to pity
(idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
variant of 哀辭|哀辞
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
variant of 哀豔|哀艳


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