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節哀

简节哀 · 繁節哀

Mandarin · pinyin jié āi

to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 請節哀 qǐng jié āi and 節哀順變 jié āi shùn biàn)

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(literary) to restrain one's grief (often used to console family of a deceased person)