哀而不傷

See also: 哀而不伤

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	injure; injury; wound
trad. (哀而不傷)		哀	而	不	傷
simp. (哀而不伤)		哀	而	不	伤

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》):

子曰：「《關雎》，樂而不淫，哀而不傷。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「《关雎》，乐而不淫，哀而不伤。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: ““Guān Jū”, lè ér bù yín, āi ér bù shāng.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The Guan Ju (《關雎》) is expressive of enjoyment without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āi'érbùshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ ji⁴ bat¹ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āi'érbùshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ai-érbùshang
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-êrh²-pu⁴-shang¹
    • Yale: āi-ér-bù-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aierlbushang
    • Palladius: айэрбушан (ajɛrbušan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ ji⁴ bat¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: ōi yìh bāt sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ ji⁴ bat⁷ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ yi⁴ bed¹ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

哀而不傷

1. expressing grief without being hurtful