长吁短叹
cháng​xū​duǎn​tàn

to moan and groan

  • created sense approved 长吁短叹/長吁短嘆 · cháng​xū​duǎn​tàn · to moan and groan — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长吁短叹 / 長吁短嘆

    cháng​xū​duǎn​tàn

    to moan and groan

    to heave deep sighs; to sigh and groan continuously due to frustration, pain, or sadness

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 吁 (literal) → 吁 · xū · to sigh 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · short 叹 (literal) → 叹/嘆 · tàn · to sigh

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

    created sense