哀
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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
Words Containing 哀
to entreat
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]
grieved
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
miserably
grief; distress; bereavement
an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
to persuade by all possible means; to implore
to beg piteously
to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
to weep in sorrow
weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
obituary (archaic term)
to sigh
to howl in grief
bereavement
(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
son orphaned of his mother
joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)
grief-stricken thoughts
grief
to grieve over sb's death
sorrow; sadness
to be deeply grieved
to feel compassion for; to pity
to take pity on
sorrow
funeral pomp
funeral music
mournful song
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 wail
to grieve; to mourn
ultimatum (loanword)
to take pity on
deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
plaintive and beautiful
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
to cry piteously
dirge
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[lǐ zhù] (892-908), reigned 904-907
alas
(literary) orphan
desolate
to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
Abdominal Lament
to express grief
to entreat piteously
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
to pay respects to the dead
to observe a moment of silence in tribute