喪亂

See also: 丧乱

Chinese
lose (by death); mourning; funeral in confusion; disorderly
trad. (喪亂) 喪 亂
simp. (丧乱) 丧 乱

Pronunciation

Noun

喪亂

  1. (literary) death and disorder; disturbance and bloodshed
    天降喪亂，饑饉薦臻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    天降丧乱，饥馑荐臻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Tiān jiàng sāngluàn, jījǐn jiànzhēn. [Pinyin]
    That Heaven [thus] sends down death and disorder?
    Famine comes again and again.
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