如喪考妣

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Chinese

as (if); such as lose (by death); mourning; funeral one's deceased parents
trad. (如喪考妣) 如 喪 考妣
simp. (如丧考妣) 如 丧 考妣

Etymology

From the Book of Documents (《尚書·舜典》):

十有八載，帝乃殂落。百姓如喪考妣，三載，四海遏密八音。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
十有八载，帝乃殂落。百姓如丧考妣，三载，四海遏密八音。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Shí yǒu bā zǎi, Dì nǎi cúluò. Bǎixìng rú sàng kǎobǐ, sān zǎi, sìhǎi è mì bāyīn.
After twenty-eight years the Di deceased, when the people mourned for him as for a parent for three years. Within the four seas all the eight kinds of instruments of music were stopped and hushed.

Pronunciation

Idiom

如喪考妣

  1. (now derogatory) grieved or anxious as if one had lost one's parents
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