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痛心疾首

Mandarin · pinyin tòng xīn jí shǒu

bitter and hateful (idiom)
to grieve and lament (over sth)

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痛: tòng · pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter
心: xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
疾: jí · illness, disease, sickness; to hate
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185

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4–1–2–3 · tong4 xin1 ji2 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tung3 sam1 zat6 sau2

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tung3 sam1 zat6 sau2

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(idiomatic) to be deeply sorrowful and intensely grieve for or abhor something

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