"(literary) sad" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
不幸 bù xìng misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult syn
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn
悲伤 悲傷 bēi shāng sad / sorrowful syn
伤感 傷感 shāng gǎn sad / emotional / sentimental / pathos syn
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn
污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn
发愁 發愁 fā chóu to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad syn
感伤 感傷 gǎn shāng sad / downhearted / sentimental / pathos / melancholy syn
倍感 bèi gǎn to feel even more (lonely etc) / to be extremely (sad, delighted etc) syn
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn
先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn
黯然 àn rán dim / sad syn
心酸 xīn suān to feel sad syn
辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste) / bitter / fig. sad / miserable syn
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn
可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom) / fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic syn
文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn
凄美 淒美 qī měi poignant / sad and beautiful syn
周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified
名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn
悲歌 bēi gē to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song / elegy / dirge / threnody syn
哀婉 āi wǎn (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy / sad and moving syn
彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view
达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist
眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn
伤悲 傷悲 shāng bēi sad / sorrowful (literary) syn
东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn
惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever
顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn
可叹 可嘆 kě tàn lamentable / sad(ly) syn
凄楚 qī chǔ sad / wretched / miserable syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
凄婉 淒婉 qī wǎn melancholy / moving and sad / sweet and piteous syn
缠绵悱恻 纏綿悱惻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental syn
整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn
睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn
liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
(literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
(literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn
(bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn
sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn
(literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn
shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn
zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
bēi sad / sadness / sorrow / grief syn
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn
kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn
xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted
shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn
(literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
(literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn
àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant
shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn
intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful
qiǎo quiet / sad
rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
(literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn
rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn
biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
輿 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn
piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
(literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4]
离歌 離歌 lí gē (sad) farewell song
羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land
形影相吊 形影相弔 xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely syn
yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade
dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn
(literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause
chōng grieved / distressed / sad / uneasy
yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1]
chuàng mournful / sad / grieved / sorry
guǐ (literary) shelf / (literary) to store / to keep / to preserve
(literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift syn
làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented
(literary) to scoop up / to ladle out / (literary) to draw toward oneself syn
(literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled
lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn
hòng (literary) luxuriant / flourishing / (literary) bud / (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables
xuān (literary) ingenious / (literary) frivolous syn
sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
(literary) to cover / to shelter / (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
(literary) to tumble / to fall down / (literary) to fall dead syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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