| 哀莫大于心死 |
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ |
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 庄子) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy |
| 哀 |
Āi |
Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 厘 |
| 哀 |
āi |
sorrow; grief; pity / to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole |
| 莫 |
Mò |
surname Mo |
| 莫 |
mò |
do not / there is none who |
| 莫大 |
mò dà |
greatest / most important |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大于 |
dà yú |
greater than; bigger than; more than |
| 于 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 于 |
yú |
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 于 |
| 于 |
yú |
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |