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Trad. 喪
- to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
- to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
- to die
- disappointed
- discouraged
Trad. 哭喪
- to wail at a funeral
- formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
Trad. 哭喪棒
- mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
Trad. 喪氣鬼
- downcast wretch
- bad-tempered and unpleasant person
Trad. 喪門星
- messenger of death
- person bringing bad luck
- Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
Trad. 哭喪著臉
- to pull a long face
- to wear a mournful expression
Trad. 道德淪喪
- moral bankruptcy
- moral degeneracy
Trad. 垂頭喪氣
- hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
- crestfallen
Trad. 玩人喪德
- to play with others and offend morals
- wicked
Trad. 聞風喪膽
- hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
Trad. 喪家之犬
- lit. stray dog (idiom)
- fig. one who has nothing to rely on
Trad. 喪家之狗
- see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬[sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3]
Trad. 喪心病狂
- (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
Trad. 喪權辱國
- to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
- to surrender territory under humiliating terms
Trad. 喪盡天良
- devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
Trad. 如喪考妣
- lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom)
- fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
Trad. 玩物喪志
- lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
- excessive attention to trivia saps the will
Trad. 喪魂失魄
- (idiom) out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed
Trad. 喪魂落魄
- scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic