shǔ​lí​mài​xiù

to grieve for a fallen nation

  • created reference approved 黍离麦秀/黍離麥秀 → 黍离/黍離 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黍离麦秀 / 黍離麥秀 shǔ​lí​mài​xiù

    黍离 / 黍離 shǔ​lí

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  • created reference approved 黍离麦秀/黍離麥秀 → 麦秀/麥秀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黍离麦秀 / 黍離麥秀 shǔ​lí​mài​xiù

    麦秀 / 麥秀 mài​xiù

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  • created sense approved 黍离麦秀/黍離麥秀 · shǔ​lí​mài​xiù · to grieve for a fallen nation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黍离麦秀 / 黍離麥秀

    shǔ​lí​mài​xiù

    to grieve for a fallen nation

    (idiom) to lament or feel deep sorrow for a conquered country, derived from descriptions of millet and wheat growing over the ruins of a former capital; also used to describe a desolate or overgrown scene in a former seat of power

    黍离 (literal) → 黍离/黍離 · shǔ​lí · grief for one's fallen country 麦秀 (literal) → 麦秀/麥秀 · mài​xiù · ears of wheat

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