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tàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to sigh
  2. 2. to exclaim

Words Containing 叹

唉声叹气
āi shēng tàn qì

sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom)

惊叹不已
jīng tàn bù yǐ

to exclaim in astonishment

令人叹
lìng rén tàn

to astonish

哀叹
āi tàn

to sigh

感叹语
gǎn tàn yǔ

exclamation

悲叹
bēi tàn

to bewail

望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn

lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)

叹赏
tàn shǎng

to admire

叹号
tàn hào

exclamation mark (punct.)

长叹
cháng tàn

long sigh

怨叹
yuàn tàn

to complain; to grumble

自叹不如
zì tàn bù rú

to consider oneself as being not as good as the others

惊叹
jīng tàn

to exclaim in admiration

赞叹
zàn tàn

to exclaim in admiration

默叹
mò tàn

to admire inwardly

感叹
gǎn tàn

to sigh (with feeling)

长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn

long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain

惊叹号
jīng tàn hào

exclamation mark ! (punct.)

感叹号
gǎn tàn hào

exclamation mark ! (punct.)

叹惜
tàn xī

sigh of regret

叹口气
tàn kǒu qì

to sigh

叹服
tàn fú

(to gasp) with admiration

一唱三叹
yī chàng sān tàn

see 一倡三歎|一倡三叹[yī chàng sān tàn]

叹气
tàn qì

to sigh

付之一叹
fù zhī yī tàn

to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case

望而兴叹
wàng ér xīng tàn

to look and sigh

感叹句
gǎn tàn jù

exclamation

仰屋兴叹
yǎng wū xīng tàn

to stare at the ceiling in despair

慨叹
kǎi tàn

to sigh with regret

芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn

lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

感叹词
gǎn tàn cí

interjection (part of speech)

叹词
tàn cí

interjection

叹息
tàn xī

to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)

可叹
kě tàn

lamentable

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn

(of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)

赞叹不已
zàn tàn bù yǐ

to be full of praise (idiom)

咏叹调
yǒng tàn diào

aria

叹为观止
tàn wéi guān zhǐ

(idiom) to gasp in amazement