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如丧考妣

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4-character word Traditional 如喪考妣

What 如丧考妣 means

1. (lit.) as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom)
2. (fig.) (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught

The characters in 如丧考妣

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 丧sàngto lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)…
• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 妣bǐdeceased mother