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Definitions

  1. 1. (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

Example Sentences

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悲 哉 失敗者!
Source: Tatoeba.org

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Words Containing 哉

优哉游哉
yōu zāi yóu zāi

see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]

善哉
shàn zāi

excellent

呜呼哀哉
wū hū āi zāi

alas

幸甚至哉
xìng shèn zhì zāi

filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[cáo cāo])

悠哉
yōu zāi

see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]

悠哉悠哉
yōu zāi yōu zāi

free and unconstrained (idiom)

悠哉游哉
yōu zāi yóu zāi

see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]

圣哉经
shèng zāi jīng

Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)

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