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Definition(s) for: 哀莫大于心死

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
哀莫大于心死 aī mò dà yú xīn sǐ - nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
- the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
- nothing is more wretched than apathy

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 78,670 40,291

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
哀 aī- Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
哀 aī- (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
- (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
莫 mò- surname Mo
莫 mò- do not
- there is none who
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
于 yú- surname Yu
于 yú- to go
- to take
- sentence-final interrogative particle
- variant of 於|于[yu2]
于 yú- (of time or place) in; at; on
- (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
- (indicating a source) from; out of
- (used in comparison) than
- (used in the passive voice) by
心 xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
死 sǐ- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned

Other Words Containing 哀莫大于心死

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo