Usage of the character 歎
tàn
叹
[歎]
- variant of 嘆／叹 (tàn)
mòtàn
默叹
[默歎]
- to admire inwardly
bēitàn
悲叹
[悲歎]
- to bewail
- to sigh mournfully
- to lament
tànhào
叹号
[歎號]
- exclamation mark (punct.)
fùzhīyītàn
付之一叹
[付之一歎]
- to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
zhīfénhuìtàn
芝焚蕙叹
[芝焚蕙歎]
- lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
yīchàngsāntàn
一倡三叹
[一倡三歎]
- (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)