wài​jiān

mourning for a father

  • created reference approved 外艰/外艱 → 内艰/內艱 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外艰 / 外艱 wài​jiān

    内艰 / 內艱 nèi​jiān

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 外艰/外艱 · wài​jiān · mourning for a father — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外艰 / 外艱

    wài​jiān

    mourning for a father

    (literary) to be in mourning for the death of one's father or grandfather

    外 (literal) → 外 · wài · maternal/female-side 艰 (literal) → 艰/艱 · jiān · mourning

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 外艰/外艱 · wài​jiān · external threat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外艰 / 外艱

    wài​jiān

    external threat

    (literary) troubles or threats coming from outside the country; foreign aggression

    外 (literal) → 外 · wài · foreign 艰 (literal) → 艰/艱 · jiān · hardship

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

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