垂憐
chuí​lián

to have pity on

  • created sense approved 垂怜/垂憐 · chuí​lián · to have pity on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    垂怜 / 垂憐

    chuí​lián

    to have pity on

    (literary) to deign to look upon someone with compassion; used as an honorific term for a superior showing sympathy or pity toward a subordinate

    垂 (literal) → 垂 · chuí · [condescension] 怜 (literal) → 怜/憐 · lián · to pity

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

    created sense