节哀顺变

Traditional form:

節哀順變

Pinyin (reading):

jié'āishùnbiàn

Definitions:

• restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)

Characters:

• 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 顺 - to submit to, to obey, to go along with
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

Traditional characters:

• 節 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 順 - to submit to, to obey, to go along with
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel