{"path":"/entry/21237","title":"哀而不伤 / 哀而不傷 (āi ér bù shāng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"哀而不伤 / 哀而不傷 (āi ér bù shāng): deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":21237,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["哀而不伤"],"TRADITIONAL":["哀而不傷"]}},"phonetic":"āi ér bù shāng","phoneticKey":"ai1 er2 bu4 shang1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"deeply felt but not mawkish ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADVERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「《关雎》，乐而不淫，哀而不伤。」","traditional":"子曰：「《關雎》，樂而不淫，哀而不傷。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: ““Guān Jū”, lè ér bù yín, āi ér bù shāng.”","english":"The Master said, \"The Guan Ju (《關雎》) is expressive of enjoyment without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}