长吁短叹
Traditional form:
長吁短嘆
Pinyin (reading):
chángxūduǎntàn
Definitions:
- long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
Characters:
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 吁 - alas; to sigh
- 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
- 叹 - to sigh, to admire
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