扼腕兴嗟 — “To wring one's hands and sigh deeply in regret, sorrow, or indignation”
扼腕兴嗟 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to wring one's hands and sigh deeply in regret, sorrow, or indignation”. To express deep emotion through a gesture of clasping one's wrist and a prolonged sigh. Literally, “clasping one's wrist and heaving a sigh”.
扼腕兴嗟 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 扼腕兴嗟 mean?
扼腕兴嗟 (è wàn xīng jiē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to wring one's hands and sigh deeply in regret, sorrow, or indignation”.
How do you pronounce 扼腕兴嗟?
扼腕兴嗟 is pronounced è wàn xīng jiē in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 扼腕兴嗟 literally mean?
Literally, 扼腕兴嗟 means “clasping one's wrist and heaving a sigh”. It is used to mean “to wring one's hands and sigh deeply in regret, sorrow, or indignation”.
What is the Chinese definition of 扼腕兴嗟?
扼腕：用手握腕；嗟：感叹。用手握腕，长声叹息。形容情绪激动发出叹息的神态