bēi

sad

sadness; sorrow; grief

phonetic (非) + heart (心) = sorrow in the heart

非 gives the sound bēi; 心, the heart, carries all the emotional weight. Grief lives in the heart.

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听到这个消息,她心中充满了伤。

tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi,tā xīn zhōng chōng mǎn le bēi shāng。

Upon hearing this news, her heart was filled with sorrow.

他脸上带着一种难以掩盖的哀。

tā liǎn shàng dài zhe yī zhǒng nán yǐ yǎn gài de bēi āi。

His face carried a sadness that was hard to conceal.

Words with 悲

不以物喜,不以己悲

bù yǐ wù xǐ , bù yǐ jǐ bēi

not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself

假慈悲

jiǎ cí bēi

phony mercy

伤悲

shāng bēi

sad

兔死狐悲

tù sǐ hú bēi

lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

公地悲剧

gōng dì bēi jù

tragedy of the commons (economics)

可悲

kě bēi

lamentable

悲戚

bēi qī

mournful

大悲咒

dà bēi zhòu

the Great Compassion Mantra

大放悲声

dà fàng bēi shēng

to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi

if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

慈悲

cí bēi

mercy

慈悲为本

cí bēi wéi běn

mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion

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