痛心 (tòng xīn) — grieved; pained; deeply distressed
Definition
Literally 'painful to the heart': distress over something one sees as wrong or regrettable, stronger than 伤心 (personal sadness). Often used for events rather than personal loss, close to 悲痛 but with more moral or frustrated edge.
adjective
grievedpaineddeeply distressed
Examples
- ，痛心。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā gǎn dào shí fēn tòng xīn.Hearing this news, he felt very grieved.
- 痛心。Zhè zhǒng làng fèi xíng wéi ràng suǒ yǒu lǎo shī dōu tòng xīn bù yǐ.This kind of wasteful behavior made all the teachers feel deeply pained.
- 痛心。Tā duì zì jǐ de cuò wù gǎn dào fēi cháng tòng xīn.He felt very pained by his own mistake.
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