| 怎一个愁字了得 |
zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé |
(last line of the poem 声声慢 by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness? |
| 怎 |
zěn |
how |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一个 |
yī ge |
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 个 |
gě |
used in 自个儿 |
| 个 |
gè |
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual |
| 个 |
gè |
variant of 个 |
| 愁 |
chóu |
to worry about |
| 字 |
zì |
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 了得 |
liǎo de |
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |