如喪考妣

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Chinese

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as (if); such as lose (by death); mourning; funeral one's deceased parents
trad. (如喪考妣) 考妣
simp. (如丧考妣) 考妣

Etymology

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From the Book of Documents (《尚書·舜典》):

殂落百姓如喪考妣四海八音 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
殂落百姓如丧考妣四海八音 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Shí yǒu bā zǎi, Dì nǎi cúluò. Bǎixìng rú sàng kǎobǐ, sān zǎi, sìhǎi è mì bāyīn. [Pinyin]
After twenty-eight years the Di deceased, when the people mourned for him as for a parent for three years. Within the four seas all the eight kinds of instruments of music were stopped and hushed.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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如喪考妣

  1. (now derogatory) grieved or anxious as if one had lost one's parents
  2. concentrate on things

References

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