戚戚
Chinese
Etymology 1
get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe |
get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe | ||
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simp. and trad. (戚戚) |
戚 | 戚 | |
alternative forms | 慼慼 “sorrowful” |
Pronunciation
Adjective
戚戚
- (ideophonic, literary) intimate; closely related
- (ideophonic, literary) apprehensive; distressed; sorrowful
- 子曰:「君子坦蕩蕩,小人長戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, “The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
子曰:「君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 尋尋覓覓,冷冷清清,淒淒慘慘戚戚。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: Li Qingzhao, 《聲聲慢》 (A Long Melancholy Tune)
- Xúnxúnmìmì, lěnglěngqīngqīng, qīqīcǎncǎn qīqī. [Pinyin]
- Searching, seeking, seeking, searching, what comes of it but coldness and desolation, a world of dreariness and misery and stabbing pain!
寻寻觅觅,冷冷清清,凄凄惨惨戚戚。 [MSC, simp.]
- (ideophonic, literary, of one's heart) moved; swayed
Derived terms
- 君子坦蕩蕩,小人長戚戚/君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚
- 悲悲戚戚
- 愁戚戚
- 戚戚具爾/戚戚具尔
- 戚戚嗟嗟
- 瑣瑣戚戚/琐琐戚戚
Pronunciation
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