哀莫大于心死
Traditional form:
哀莫大於心死
Pinyin (reading):
āimòdàyúxīnsǐ
Definitions:
- nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ))
- no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
- the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
- nothing is more wretched than apathy
Characters:
- 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
- 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
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