愀愴
Chinese
    
| change countenance; worry | mournful; sad; grieved mournful; sad; grieved; sorry | ||
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| trad. (愀愴) | 愀 | 愴 | |
| simp. (愀怆) | 愀 | 怆 | |
Pronunciation
    
Adjective
    
愀愴
- sad; worried; sorrowful
- 是故懷戚者聞之,莫不憯懍慘悽,愀愴傷心。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 《琴賦》(A Composition on the Qin) by Ji Kang (223–262); 1941 translation by Robert van Gulik
- Shìgù huái qī zhě wén zhī, mòbù cǎnlǐn cǎnqī, qiǎochuàng shāngxīn. [Pinyin]
- If the downcast hear this music, they will all be sorrowful and pained, grief will wound their hearts, and they cannot refrain from mournful wails.
 
 是故怀戚者闻之,莫不憯懔惨凄,愀怆伤心。 [MSC, simp.]
 
Synonyms
    
Synonyms of 愀愴
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