sàng

mourning; mourn; funeral

DEFINITIONS

喪 sàng
  • to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
  • to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
  • to die
  • disappointed
  • discouraged
喪 sāng
  • mourning
  • funeral
  • (old) corpse

WORDS

jū sàng to observe the ritual mourning
diào sāng to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
ào sàng dejected; despondent; depressed
鐘 qiāo sāng zhōng a knell
zhuó sàng to ravage; to devastate
fú sāng in mourning
mǔ sāng the death of one's mother
jǔ sàng dispirited; dejected; dismayed
zhì sāng to prepare for a funeral
從儉 zhì sàng cóng jiǎn to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
lún sàng to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away
淪沒亡 lún mò sàng wáng to die; to perish
灰心氣 huī xīn sàng qì downhearted; downcast; in despair
fù sāng the death of one's father
玩人德 wán rén sàng dé to play with others and offend morals; wicked
玩物志 wán wù sàng zhì lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will
fā sāng to hold a funeral
聞風膽 wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
若有所 ruò yǒu suǒ sāng see 若有所失[ruo4 you3 suo3 shi1]
háo sang to weep; to howl as if at a funeral
道德淪 dào dé lún sàng moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy
tuí sàng dejected; disheartened; listless