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Chinese
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。
十有八载，帝乃殂落。百姓如丧考妣，三载，四海遏密八音。 - 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
- (now derogatory) grieved or anxious as if one had lost one's parents
陛下不幸北城，北城百姓如喪考妣。
陛下不幸北城，北城百姓如丧考妣。 - From: 宋．司馬光《涑水記聞》卷六
- Bìxià bùxìng Běichéng, Běichéng bǎixìng rúsàngkǎobǐ.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- concentrate on things
曰：『此生若不徹去，誓不展此。』於是晝坐宵立，如喪考妣。
曰：『此生若不彻去，誓不展此。』于是昼坐宵立，如丧考妣。 - From: 《五燈會元．卷一九．何山守珣禪師》
- Yuē: ‘Cǐ shēng ruò bù chè qù, shì bù zhǎn cǐ.’ Yúshì zhòu zuò xiāo lì, rúsàngkǎobǐ.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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