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"parting sorrow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
离愁 離愁 lí chóu parting sorrow / pain of separation
Chinese Pinyin Translation
心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn
伤痛 傷痛 shāng tòng pain (from wound) / sorrow syn
永别 永別 yǒng bié to part forever / eternal parting (i.e. death) syn
苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble / sorrow / difficulties syn
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow syn
临别 臨別 lín bié just before parting
沉痛 chén tòng grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences) syn
话别 話別 huà bié to say a few parting words / to bid goodbye 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
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
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
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
消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
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
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
咳 hāi sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow 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
戚 qī (bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn
罹 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from syn
永诀 永訣 yǒng jué to part forever / eternal parting (i.e. death) syn
别绪 別緒 bié xù emotions at time of parting
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
临别赠言 臨別贈言 lín bié zèng yán words of advice on parting
爱别离苦 愛別離苦 ài bié lí kǔ (Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3]
悲不自胜 悲不自勝 bēi bù zì shèng unable to control one's grief (idiom) / overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken
苦难深重 苦難深重 kǔ nàn shēn zhòng deep grief / extensive sorrow
八苦 bā kǔ the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
告别式 告別式 gào bié shì parting ceremony / funeral
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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