心酸 (xīn suān) — sorrowful; heartache; poignant sadness (often from empathy or pity)

Definition

心酸 is sadness mixed with empathy or pity — feeling heartache for someone else's suffering, lighter than the deep grief of 悲痛 or 悲伤.

adjective
sorrowfulheartachepoignant sadness (often from empathy or pity)

Beispiele

  • 心酸
    Tīng dào tā xiǎo shí hou de zāo yù, tā fēi cháng xīn suān.
    Hearing about his childhood experiences, she felt very saddened.
  • 心酸
    Měi dāng xiǎng qǐ nà duàn jiān kǔ de rì zi, tā dōu huì gǎn dào xīn suān.
    Whenever he remembers that period of hardship, he feels heartache.
  • 心酸
    Kàn dào nà wèi lǎo rén de bèi yǐng, wǒ bù jīn gǎn dào yí zhèn xīn suān.
    Seeing the old man's back figure, I couldn't help feeling a pang of sorrow.

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