情何以堪
qíng​hé​yǐ​kān

how can this be endured!

  • created sense approved 情何以堪 · qíng​hé​yǐ​kān · how can this be endured! — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    情何以堪

    qíng​hé​yǐ​kān

    how can this be endured!

    (idiom) used to express that a situation is so distressing or contrary to normal sentiment that it is hard to bear; often conveys deep emotion or sympathy

    情 (bound) → 情 · qíng · feeling 何以 (literal) → 何以 · hé​yǐ · how 堪 (bound) → 堪 · kān · to endure

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

    created sense