created sense approved 节哀/節哀 · jié'āi · restrain one's grief — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
节哀 / 節哀
jié'āi
restrain one's grief
To hold back or control one's sorrow, typically used as a literary expression to comfort the bereaved; often used in the phrase [[节哀顺变|節哀順變|jie2 ai1 shun4 bian4]]
节, 哀
节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · to restrain 哀 (literal) → 哀 · āi · sorrow
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition