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Trad. 付之一嘆
- to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
Trad. 付之一歎
- to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
Trad. 芝焚蕙嘆
- lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
Trad. 望洋興嘆
- lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
- fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
Trad. 芝焚蕙歎
- lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
Trad. 長吁短嘆
- long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
Trad. 望而興嘆
- to sigh (in dismay, admiration etc)
Trad. 仰屋興嘆
- to stare at the ceiling in despair
- to find no way out
- nothing you can do about it
- at the end of one's wits
Trad. 嘆為觀止
- (idiom) to gasp in amazement
- to acclaim as the peak of perfection
Trad. 一倡三歎
- (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
Trad. 讚嘆不已
- (idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe
Trad. 自嘆不如
- to consider oneself as being not as good as the others
Trad. 一唱三嘆
- see 一倡三歎|一倡三叹[yi1 chang4 san1 tan4]
Trad. 唉聲嘆氣
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom)
- to heave deep sighs
- to sigh in despair