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Definitions
- 1. Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[shén nóng] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[lí]
- 2. sorrow; grief; pity
- 3. to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
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son orphaned of his mother
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huān xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fèn nù], sorrow 悲哀[bēi āi] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuài lè]
grief-stricken thoughts
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
to sigh
ultimatum (loanword)
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
grief; distress; bereavement
(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
to grieve over sb's death
to beg piteously
funeral music
sorrow
obituary (archaic term)
(literary) orphan
Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[lǐ zhù] (892-908), reigned 904-907
to entreat
to take pity on
funeral pomp
desolate
to cry piteously
to entreat piteously
to express grief
sorrow; sadness
to pay respects to the dead
Abdominal Lament
grief
to weep in sorrow
mournful song
joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)
alas
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
to persuade by all possible means; to implore
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
to observe a moment of silence in tribute
to take pity on
miserably
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
dirge
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
to grieve; to mourn
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
to wail
to be deeply grieved
weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
bereavement
plaintive and beautiful
to feel compassion for; to pity
grieved
to howl in grief
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)