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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

叹息 [tànxī]
  1. 1. verb sigh

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

叹息 [tànxī]
  1. 1. [Literary] heave a sigh; sigh

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

叹息 [tànxī]
  1. 1. 感叹;叹气
    摇头叹息

Examples

垂头叹息
hang one's head and sigh
由于临场发挥失利,他没能拿到金牌,令人扼腕叹息
What a pity that, due to underperforming, he failed to win the gold medal.
叹息
扼腕叹息
在座者无不喟然叹息
an eloquent sigh
绘声绘色的叹息
to repress a sigh
忍住叹息
"I can't even thread a needle." says Julie, sighing.
“我甚至都不会穿针”,朱莉叹息着说。

Collocations

连声叹息
to sigh continuously
叹息不已
to sigh endlessly
扼腕叹息
to be sorry for sth ( with a sigh)
叹息一声
to give a sigh

Word Decomposition


[tàn]
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