悲
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sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
Formation & memory
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Words with 悲
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不以物喜，不以己悲 | not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself | |
| 大放悲声 | to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom) | |
| 悲不自胜 | unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought; overcome with sorrow; heartbroken | |
| 乐极生悲 | extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong… | |
| 公地悲剧 | tragedy of the commons (economics) | |
| 转悲为喜 | to turn grief into happiness (idiom) | |
| 悲喜交集 | mixed feelings of grief and joy | |
| 老大徒伤悲 | vain regrets of old age (idiom) | |
| 悲声载道 | lamentations fill the roads (idiom); severe suffering all around | |
| 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 | if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age | |
| 悲剧性 | tragic | |
| 悲欢离合 | joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life | |
| 可悲 | lamentable | |
| 悲报 | sad news; bad news | |
| 悲酸 | bitter and sad | |
| 慈悲为本 | mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except… | |
| 悲喜剧 | tragicomedy | |
| 悲苦 | forlorn; miserable | |
| 悲惨世界 | Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3] | |
| 悲痛欲绝 | (idiom) to be overcome with grief |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 非 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 sound part | not, negative, non-; to oppose | |
| 排 | row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove | |
| 菲 | fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines | |
| 辈 | generation, lifetime; contemporary | |
| 啡 | coffee; morphine | |
| 匪 | bandits, robbers, gangsters | |
| 斐 | graceful, elegant, beautiful | |
| 腓 | leg, calf; to wither, to decay | |
| 蜚 | cockroach | |
| 翡 | kingfisher; jade, emerald | |
| 俳 | actor; vaudeville show; insincere | |
| 鲱 | herring | |
| 扉 | door panel | |
| 痱 | heat rash; prickly heat; ulcers | |
| 绯 | crimson, scarlet; purple | |
| 诽 | to condemn, to slander, to vilify | |
| 裴 | flowing gown; surname | |
| 悱 | overcome with emotion; at a loss for words | |
| 霏 | rainfall, snowfall |