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bemoan; bewail; lament; sigh sorrowfully for something

āi tàn

哀 叹

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v.bemoan; bewail; lament; sigh sorrowfully for something
- dú zì yī rén āi tàn
  独自一人哀叹
  lament in solitude
- āi tàn mǒu rén mìng kǔ
  哀叹某人命苦
  bemoan one's cruel fate
- tā yī zhí zài āi tàn shè huì dào dé shuǐ píng de xià jiàng
  他一直在哀叹社会道德水平的下降。
  He's always lamenting what he sees as the decline in moral standards.
synonym
tàn xī叹息 āi yuàn哀怨 bēi tàn悲叹

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