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哀莫大于心死

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6-character word Traditional 哀莫大於心死

What 哀莫大于心死 means

1. nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ})
2. no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
3. the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
4. nothing is more wretched than apathy

The characters in 哀莫大于心死

• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable

Example sentences

• 哀莫大于心死
  āimòdàyúxīnsǐ
  Nothing is more sad than stupidity and apathy.