可憐

可憐

1. to have pity on; to pity

   我很可憐他。／我很可怜他。  ―  Wǒ hěn kělián tā.  ―  I feel sorry for him.

   • 誓掃匈奴不顧身，五千貂錦喪胡塵。可憐無定河邊骨，猶是春閨夢裏人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     誓扫匈奴不顾身，五千貂锦丧胡尘。可怜无定河边骨，犹是春闺梦里人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《隴西行四首/陇西行四首》, Chen Tao, ninth century CE

     Shì sǎo Xiōngnú bù gù shēn, wǔ qiān diāo jǐn sàng húchén. Kělián Wúdìng hé biān gǔ, yóu shì chūnguī mèng lǐ rén. [Pinyin]

     Having sworn to conquer the Huns, they did not care for their lives; five thousand brocade and marten [uniforms] were lost amid the barbarian dusts. I pity these skeletons on the banks of the Wuding; they are still the men in the dreams of the women's quarters.

可憐

1. pitiful; pitiable; poor

   可憐的孩子／可怜的孩子  ―  kělián de háizi  ―  poor kid

   • 惘惘乎汝欲反汝情性而無由入，可憐哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惘惘乎汝欲反汝情性而无由入，可怜哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wǎngwǎng hū rǔ yù fǎn rǔ qíngxìng ér wúyóu rù, kělián zāi! [Pinyin]

     You are at your wit's end. You wish to recover your proper nature, and you know not what step to take first to find it. You are to be pitied!

   • 可憐行色可憐身，可憐門前訪可憐。可憐此意傳可憐，可憐能知可憐心。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《可憐妓詩》 ("Poem to the Courtesan Garyeon"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), c. 1830

     Garyeon haengsaek garyeon sin, Garyeon munjeon bang Garyeon. Garyeon cha ui jeon Garyeon, Garyeon neung ji garyeon sim. [Sino-Korean]

     With a pitiable gait, my pitiable self calls for Garyeon in front of her door. I convey to her my pitiable intention; surely she'll understand my pitiable heart.

2. meager; negligible (of a number or amount)
3. (literary) lovely

   • 借問漢宮誰得似，可憐飛燕倚新妝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     借问汉宫谁得似，可怜飞燕倚新妆。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《淸平調詞三首/清平调词三首》, Li Bai, 800s

     Jiè wèn Hàn gōng shuí dé sì, kělián fēiyàn yǐ xīn zhuāng. [Pinyin]

     I ask: who in palaces of the Han can approach her like? Even the lovely swallow must dress up anew.

   • 可憐江浦望，明沙十里連。令人箇箇拾，共數父母年。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《贈還甲宴老人》 ("For an Old Woman on her Sixtieth Birthday"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), c. 1830

     Garyeon gangpo mang, myeongsa sim ni ryeon. Yeong in gaegae seup, gongsu bumo nyeon. [Sino-Korean]

     How lovely it is to look at the riverbank; the bright sands stretch on for ten miles. I would make people pick up [and count] each and every [grain of sand]; may your parents' years be as innumerable as they.

• (pitiful): (Min Nan) 可憐代／可怜代, (Sichuan, Xiang) 造孽, (Dungan) 孽障 (nièzhàng)

• (Tokyo) かれん [kàréń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾẽ̞ɴ]

可(か)憐(れん) • (karen) -na (adnominal 可(か)憐(れん)な (karen na), adverbial 可(か)憐(れん)に (karen ni))

1. pretty, lovely
   • 1919, 板倉勝宣, 山と雪の日記:

     ここから見(み)ると可憐(かれん)な山(やま)だ。

     Koko kara miru to karen na yama da.

     If you look over there you can see lovely mountains.

2. pitiful
   • 1932, 魯迅, 薬:

     ところがあの馬(うま)の骨(ほね)め、打(う)たれても平気(へいき)で、可憐(かれん)そうだ。

     Tokoro ga ano uma no hone me, utarete mo heiki de, karen sō da.

     Still, it's awfully sad to see that bony horse that doesn't even care when it gets hit.

   Synonyms: かわいそう, 気の毒

可(か)憐(れん) • (karen) 

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可憐 • (garyeon) (hangeul 가련)

1. Hanja form^? of 가련 (“pitiful”).