嗟乎
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Chinese[edit]
sigh | (interrog. part.) | ||
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trad. (嗟乎) | 嗟 | 乎 | |
simp. #(嗟乎) | 嗟 | 乎 | |
alternative forms | 嗟呼 嗟虖/嗟呼 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
嗟乎
- (literary) alas; alack (placed sentence-initially)
- 高祖常繇咸陽,縱觀,觀秦皇帝,喟然太息曰:「嗟乎,大丈夫當如此也!」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Gāozǔ cháng yáo Xiányáng, zòngguān, guān Qín huángdì, kuìrán tài xī yuē: “Jiēhū, dàzhàngfū dāng rúcǐ yě!” [Pinyin]
- Gaozu often served as a corvee laborer in Xianyang. [The Qin emperor was on an outing and there was] free rein to observe him. Gaozu observed the Qin emperor and sighed heavily, saying: "Ah! A true man should be like this!"
高祖常繇咸阳,纵观,观秦皇帝,喟然太息曰:「嗟乎,大丈夫当如此也!」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms[edit]
- 嗟夫 (jiēfú)