如丧考妣

如丧考妣
sàngkǎo

lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom)

    • He was like someone who had lost his parents, not knowing what to do.

  2. adjective

    fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught

    • He was grief-stricken like someone who had lost his parents, unable to utter a single word.

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A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.

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