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- Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
- (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
- joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)
Trad. 哀榮
- (literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition
Trad. 哀鳴
- (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
- whine; moan; wail
- Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
- Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[Li3 Zhu4] (892-908), reigned 904-907
Trad. 哀兵必勝
- an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
Trad. 哀告賓服
- to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
Trad. 哀毀骨立
- (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
Trad. 哀江南賦
- Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
Trad. 哀而不傷
- deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
Trad. 哀鴻遍野
- lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land
Trad. 喜怒哀樂
- lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom)
- fig. emotions
Trad. 乞哀告憐
- begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
Trad. 節哀順變
- restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
Trad. 生榮死哀
- to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
Trad. 哀的美敦書
- (loanword) (old) ultimatum
Trad. 哀莫大於心死
- nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
- the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
- nothing is more wretched than apathy