慘悽

Chinese

 
miserable; wretched; cruel
miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic
sorrowful
trad. (慘悽) 慘 悽
simp. (惨凄) 惨 凄
alternative forms 慘凄
anagram 悽慘/凄惨

Pronunciation


Adjective

慘悽

  1. sad; sorrowful
    是故懷戚者聞之,莫不憯懍慘悽,愀愴傷心。 [MSC, trad.]
    是故怀戚者闻之,莫不憯懔惨凄,愀怆伤心。 [MSC, simp.]
    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.

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