疾首
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Chinese[edit]
sickness; disease; hate sickness; disease; hate; envy |
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems | ||
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trad. (疾首) | 疾 | 首 | |
simp. #(疾首) | 疾 | 首 |
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Verb[edit]
疾首
- (literary) to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly
- 假寐永嘆,維憂用老。心之憂矣,疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]
- I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
Through my grief I am growing old.
My heart is sad; -
It puts me in pain like a headache.
假寐永叹,维忧用老。心之忧矣,疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]