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"extensive sorrow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
苦难深重 苦難深重 kǔ nàn shēn zhòng deep grief / extensive sorrow
Chinese Pinyin Translation
心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn
大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn
伤痛 傷痛 shāng tòng pain (from wound) / sorrow syn
广泛 廣泛 guǎng fàn wide / broad / extensive / widespread syn
苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble / sorrow / difficulties syn
广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow syn
宽广 寬廣 kuān guǎng wide / broad / extensive / vast syn
沉痛 chén tòng grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences) syn
辽阔 遼闊 liáo kuò vast / extensive syn
喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn
感慨 gǎn kǎi to sigh with sorrow, regret etc / rueful / deeply moved syn
博大 bó dà broad / extensive syn
悲怆 悲愴 bēi chuàng sorrow / tragic syn
哀愁 āi chóu sorrow / sadness / distressed / sorrowful syn
哀痛 āi tòng to grieve / to mourn / deep sorrow / grief syn
广博 廣博 guǎng bó extensive syn
捶胸顿足 捶胸頓足 chuí xiōng dùn zú (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) syn
有口皆碑 yǒu kǒu jiē bēi every voice gives praise (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation syn
屈原 qū yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
绵长 綿長 mián cháng long and continuous (coastline, sound etc) / extensive / prolonged syn
消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
离愁 離愁 lí chóu parting sorrow / pain of separation
伤怀 傷懷 shāng huái grieved / full of sorrow
离骚 離騷 lí sāo On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
浩如烟海 浩如煙海 hào rú yān hǎi vast as the open sea (idiom) / fig. extensive (library) syn
黯然销魂 黯然銷魂 àn rán xiāo hún overwhelming sadness (idiom) / sorrow at parting syn
泛读 泛讀 fàn dú (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn
恢恢 huī huī (literary) vast / extensive syn
哀戚 āi qī sorrow / grief syn
浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn
痛 tòng ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly syn
咳 hāi sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow syn
泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn
忧 憂 yōu to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning syn
悲 bēi sad / sadness / sorrow / grief syn
哀 āi sorrow / grief / pity / to grieve for / to pity / to lament / to condole syn
悯 憫 mǐn to sympathize / to pity / to feel compassion for / (literary) to feel sorrow / to be grieved syn
洽 qià accord / to make contact / to agree / to consult with / extensive syn
廓 kuò (bound form) extensive / vast / (bound form) outline / general shape / (bound form) to expand / to extend syn
寰 huán large domain / extensive region syn
戚 qī (bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn
罹 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from syn
溥 pǔ extensive / pervading
一失足成千古恨 yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom) syn
乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / 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
博而不精 bó ér bù jīng extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none
体大思精 體大思精 tǐ dà sī jīng extensive and penetrating (idiom) / expansive and profound (of writing)
悲不自胜 悲不自勝 bēi bù zì shèng unable to control one's grief (idiom) / overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken
太平广记 太平廣記 tài píng guǎng jì Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
交口称誉 交口稱譽 jiāo kǒu chēng yù voices unanimous in praise (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation syn
人精 rén jīng sophisticate / man with extensive experience / child prodigy / Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) / spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM)
北宋四大部书 北宋四大部書 běi sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
口碑流传 口碑流傳 kǒu bēi liú chuán widely praised (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation
宋四大书 宋四大書 sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
宽旷 寬曠 kuān kuàng vast / extensive syn
渊广 淵廣 yuān guǎng broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
罪行累累 zuì xíng lěi lěi having an extensive criminal record
覃第 tán dì extensive residence / your house
养兵千日，用兵一时 養兵千日，用兵一時 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
养兵千日，用在一朝 養兵千日，用在一朝 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī cháo lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
广布型风险 guǎng bù xíng fēng xiǎn extensive risk
粗放型农业 粗放型農業 cū fàng xíng nóng yè extensive farming
粗放耕作 cū fàng gēng zuò extensive cropping
粗放型增长 粗放型增長 extensive growth
养兵千日，用在一朝 養兵千日，用在一朝 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
一呼百应 一呼百應 yī hū - bǎi yìng (idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response / to receive extensive approval syn
人无远虑，必有近忧 人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
哀哭 āi kū to weep in sorrow
哭声震天 哭聲震天 kū shēng zhèn tiān lit. cries of grief shake the heavens / great sorrow (idiom)
爱莫大于心死 愛莫大於心死 ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confuciu
慼 qī grief / sorrow
生于优患，死于安乐 生於優患，死於安樂 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom)
目怆有天 目愴有天 mù chuàng yǒu tiān to look at the sky in sorrow
茹痛 rú tòng to endure (suffering or sorrow)
袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
生于忧患，死于安乐 生於憂患，死於安樂 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom) / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
万箭穿心 萬箭穿心 wàn jiàn chuān xīn lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds syn
怎一个愁字了得 怎一個愁字了得 zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4]) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
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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