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"overcome with sorrow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
悲不自胜 悲不自勝 bēi bù zì shèng unable to control one's grief (idiom) / overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken
Chinese Pinyin Translation
排除万难 排除萬難 pái chú wàn nán to overcome all obstacles / to overcome countless difficulties syn
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
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
克服 kè fú (try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure syn
攻克 gōng kè to capture / to take / to overcome / to solve syn
越过 越過 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above syn
填补 填補 tián bǔ to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency syn
冲破 衝破 chōng pò breakthrough / to overcome an obstacle quickly syn
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) syn
积重难返 積重難返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard syn
伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn
百无聊赖 百無聊賴 bǎi wú liáo lài (idiom) bored to death / bored stiff / overcome with boredom syn
无坚不摧 無堅不摧 wú jiān bù cuī no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom) / to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one syn
披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail syn
人非生而知之者，熟能无惑 人非生而知之者，熟能無惑 rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
尅 kè variant of 剋|克, to subdue / to destroy / to overcome
法轮常转 法輪常轉 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
道高一尺，魔高一丈 dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng (idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil / no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
防治污染协会 Society to Overcome Pollution
天下无难事，只怕有心人 天下無難事，只怕有心人 tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome
热昏 熱昏 rè hūn to be overcome by the heat
励志哥 勵志哥 lì zhì gē (coll.) a guy who is admired for having overcome challenges to achieve success
破关 破關 pò guān to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑 rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])
攻坚克难 攻堅克難 gōng jiān kè nán to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
胳膊拧不过大腿 胳膊擰不過大腿 gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ (idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong
感慨 gǎn kǎi to sigh with sorrow, regret etc / rueful / deeply moved syn
伤痛 傷痛 shāng tòng pain (from wound) / sorrow syn
心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow 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
苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble / sorrow / difficulties 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
哀愁 āi chóu sorrow / sadness / distressed / sorrowful syn
沉痛 chén tòng grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences) syn
消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
悲怆 悲愴 bēi chuàng sorrow / tragic syn
离愁 離愁 lí chóu parting sorrow / pain of separation
哀痛 āi tòng to grieve / to mourn / deep sorrow / grief syn
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]
黯然销魂 黯然銷魂 àn rán xiāo hún overwhelming sadness (idiom) / sorrow at parting 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
否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn
哀戚 āi qī sorrow / grief syn
痛 tòng ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly syn
悲 bēi sad / sadness / sorrow / grief syn
忧 憂 yōu to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning syn
哀 āi sorrow / grief / pity / to grieve for / to pity / to lament / to condole syn
戚 qī (bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn
咳 hāi sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow syn
悯 憫 mǐn to sympathize / to pity / to feel compassion for / (literary) to feel sorrow / to be grieved syn
罹 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from syn
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
苦难深重 苦難深重 kǔ nàn shēn zhòng deep grief / extensive sorrow
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
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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