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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 凄凉 [qīliáng]
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adjective
dreary
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1.
adjective
dreary
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 凄凉 [qīliáng]
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形
荒凉冷落;孤独寂寞
- 满目凄凉
- 老人无依无靠,晚景很是凄凉。
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悲伤
- 面对老屋的破败景象,心中不免一阵凄凉。
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跟"荒凉"的适用范围不同。形容景物时,"凄凉"比"荒凉"更带主观色彩。
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荒凉冷落;孤独寂寞
Examples
- 一片凄凉零落的景象
- a desolate scene → 零落
- 满目凄凉
- desolation all round → 凄凉
- 天景凄凉
- lead a miserable and dreary life in old age → 凄凉
- 身世凄凉
- have had a sad life → 身世
- 晚景凄凉
- lead a miserable and dreary life in old age → 晚景
- 凄凉
- dreary; desolate; miserable → 凄
- 看到这凄凉的景象，他心中感慨万千。 → 凄凉
- 她的身影在苍茫的暮色中显得那么凄凉，那么无助。 → 凄凉
- 那个女人凄凉的身世感动了我。 → 身世
- 每当走到冷落的角落，我总会感到莫名的凄凉。 → 冷落
Collocations
- 一片凄凉
- an atmosphere of desolation
- 十分凄凉
- very miserable
- 晚境凄凉
- to be lonely in one's later years
- 凄凉的一生
- a lonely life
- 孤独凄凉
- Solitude is miserable.
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