同情 — meaning in English
tóng qíng
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English meaning
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- kvetch verb To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
- liking noun A fondness or preference for something.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- rue verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.
- sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
Senses
同情 is used for these senses in English:
- compassion (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
- kvetch To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
- liking A like; a predilection.
- pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- rue (archaic, or, dialectal) Pity; compassion.
- sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.