悲不自胜 — Chinese idiom
悲不自胜
bēi bù zì shèng
Traditional: 悲不自勝
Meaning
- unable to control one's grief ; overwrought
- overcome with sorrow
- heartbroken
Character by character
- 悲bēisorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
Idioms sharing a character
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 悲歌当哭 bēi gē dàng kū
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 悲声载道 bēi shēng zài dào
- 慈悲为本 cí bēi wéi běn
- 乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi
- 转悲为喜 zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
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