To be overwhelmed by shared sorrow and helplessness in a dire situation; to face each other in despair, lamenting a common unfortunate fate.
面对项目失败的巨大压力，团队成员们只能楚囚相对，感到前所未有的沮丧。
Faced with the immense pressure of the project's failure, the team members could only look at each other in despair, feeling an unprecedented sense of frustration.
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In 316 AD, Liu Yao's forces annihilated the Western Jin dynasty. Sima Rui, with the support of Wang Dao, established the Eastern Jin dynasty in Jiankang.
Some aristocrats and officials would often gather at Xinting, outside Jiankang, to drink on clear days.
One day, Marquis Wu Cheng, Zhou Kai, expressed deep sorrow, which moved everyone to tears.
Chancellor Wang Dao then declared that they should focus on recovering their lost territory and not simply weep at the sight of each other, like prisoners from the state of Chu.
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