悲 (bēi) — sad, sorrowful; compassionate, merciful
Definition
A literary adjective for sorrow or deep compassion. Almost always appears inside compounds (悲伤, 悲哀, 悲天悯人), rarely as a stand-alone predicate in modern speech.
adjective
sadsorrowfulcompassionatemerciful
Examples
- ，悲，。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā bēi cóng zhōng lái, lèi rú yǔ xià.Hearing this news, her sadness welled up and tears streamed down like rain.
- ，。Tā bēi tiān mǐn rén, zǒng shì wèi tā rén zhuó xiǎng.He feels compassion for all and always considers others.
- ，。Tā xīn lǐ hěn bēi shāng, dàn biǎo miàn hái shì wēi xiào zhe.She was very sad inside, but still smiled on the surface.
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