"Grief" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 āi shāng grief / distress / bereavement / grieved / heartbroken / dejected
 āi yuàn grief / resentment / aggrieved / plaintive
 chén tòng grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences)
 āi tòng to grieve / to mourn / deep sorrow / grief
 āi qī sorrow / grief
 bēi sad / sadness / sorrow / grief
 āi sorrow / grief / pity / to grieve for / to pity / to lament / to condole
 qī relative / parent / grief / sorrow / battle-axe
 tòng grief
 yōu shāng distressed / laden with grief
 chī kuī to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
 bēi fèn grief and indignation
 āi háo to howl in grief / anguished wailing / same as 哀號|哀号[ai1 hao2]
 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief
 pái qiǎn to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc) / to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness
 bēi qì to weep with grief
 zhì āi to express grief / to mourn
 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy
 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary
 xī (interjection expressing surprise, grief etc) / variant of 嘻[xi1]
 bēi bù zì shèng unable to control one's grief (idiom) / overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken
 dù juān tí xuè lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
 kǔ nàn shēn zhòng deep grief / extensive sorrow
 zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations
 tóng shēng yī kū to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
 kū shēng zhèn tiān lit. cries of grief shake the heavens / great sorrow (idiom)
 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine
 qiáng rěn bēi tòng to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
 qī grief / sorrow
 miè dù to extinguish worries and the sea of grief / nirvana (Buddhism)
 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
 shāng tòu to break (sb's heart) / to cause grief to
 tā jià to collapse / to come to grief
 bēi gěng to choke with grief
 bēi tí to wail with grief / plaintive cry
 bí suān to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
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