长吁短叹
长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
idiom
Traditional: 長吁短嘆
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- (idiom) long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
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Related Words
一言以蔽之(yī yán yǐ bì zhī)— one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
→一言抄百总(yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng)— to cut a long story short
→一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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