悲天憫人
bēi​tiān​mǐn​rén

to bemoan the world

  • created sense approved 悲天悯人/悲天憫人 · bēi​tiān​mǐn​rén · to bemoan the world — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悲天悯人 / 悲天憫人

    bēi​tiān​mǐn​rén

    to bemoan the world

    To lament the current state of the world and feel compassion for the suffering of humanity; to feel pity for the fate of mankind.

    悲 (literal) → 悲 · bēi · compassion 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 悯 (literal) → 悯/憫 · mǐn · to pity 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · everyone

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