āi'ér​bù​shāng

restrained grief

  1. āi nounadjective
    sorrow
    (bound form) sorrow; grief; mourning
  2. ér conjunction
    but
    Used to connect ideas that contrast or conflict; yet; but; on the other hand
  3. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. shāng adjectivenoun
    distressed
    (bound form) sad; distressed; to grieve