愀愴

Chinese

change countenance; worry
 
mournful; sad; grieved
mournful; sad; grieved; sorry
trad. (愀愴)
simp. (愀怆)

Pronunciation


Adjective

愀愴

  1. sad; worried; sorrowful
    是故莫不憯懍慘悽愀愴傷心 [MSC, trad.]
    是故怀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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