long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
trad. 長吁短嘆
Also written 長吁短嘆【cháng xū duǎn tàn】
Characters in this word
4长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
吁
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sh, hush
- Pinyin
- xū
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 47952 of 2500
短
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short, brief, to lack, weak point, fault
- Pinyin
- duǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3410 of 2500
叹
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to sigh, to exclaim
- Pinyin
- tàn
- Traditional
- 嘆
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 28537 of 2500