怅然若失 — Chinese idiom
怅然若失
chàng rán ruò shī
Traditional: 悵然若失
Meaning
- to feel a profound sense of loss; to feel disconsolate
Character by character
- 怅chàngdisappointed; regretful; upset
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Idioms sharing a character
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
- 大义凛然 dà yì lǐn rán
- 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào
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