tàn

sigh, admire

DEFINITIONS

  • sigh, admire
  • to sigh
  • to exclaim
  • variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

WORDS

一倡三 yī chàng sān tàn (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
付之一 fù zhī yī tàn to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
bēi tàn to bewail; to sigh mournfully; to lament
號 tàn hào exclamation mark (punct.)
芝焚蕙 zhī fén huì tàn lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
mò tàn to admire inwardly
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