哀而不伤 — Chinese idiom
哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng
Traditional: 哀而不傷
Meaning
- deeply felt but not mawkish
Character by character
- 哀āisad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 伤shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
Idioms sharing a character
- 乞哀告怜 qǐ āi gào lián
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 哀告宾服 āi gào bīn fú
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 哀鸿遍野 āi hóng biàn yě
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 生荣死哀 shēng róng sǐ āi
- 节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn
- 一哄而散 yī hōng ér sàn
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
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