疾首
Chinese
sickness; disease; hate sickness; disease; hate; envy |
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (疾首) | 疾 | 首 | |
| simp. #(疾首) | 疾 | 首 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
疾首
- (literary) to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly
- 假寐永嘆，維憂用老。心之憂矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]
- I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
Through my grief I am growing old.
My heart is sad; -
It puts me in pain like a headache.
假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
- 傷心疾首／伤心疾首
- 疚心疾首
- 疢如疾首
- 疾首嚬蹙／疾首𫫾蹙
- 疾首痛心
- 疾首蹙頞／疾首蹙𱂨
- 疾首蹙額／疾首蹙额
- 痛心疾首 (tòngxīnjíshǒu)
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