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restrained grief

  • created sense approved 哀而不伤/哀而不傷 · āi'ér​bù​shāng · restrained grief — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哀而不伤 / 哀而不傷

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    restrained grief

    expressing sorrow or grief with restraint, without being overly sentimental or mawkish

    哀 (literal) → 哀 · āi · sorrow 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 伤 (literal) → 伤/傷 · shāng · distressed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 哀而不伤/哀而不傷 · āi'ér​bù​shāng · moderate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哀而不伤 / 哀而不傷

    āi'ér​bù​shāng

    moderate

    balanced and appropriate, avoiding excess in any direction

    哀 (literal) → 哀 · āi · sorrow 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 伤 (literal) → 伤/傷 · shāng · distressed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense