so pathetic as to move both wise and the dull(āi gǎn wán yàn)

so pathetic as to move both wise and the dull

Sentimental, is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ā Ig ǎ NW á NY à n. Its definition is stubborn: stupid, refers to stupid people. Yan: beautiful, refers to intelligent people. It originally refers to the sad and sad singing and music, which makes the dull and intelligent people equally moved. Later, it is used to describe the plaintive and moving works. Nowadays, literary works are often described as sad, sentimental, clumsy and gorgeous. This idiom comes from "with Wei Wendi Jian".

The origin of Idioms

Wei fanqin's notes with Emperor Wen of Wei in the Three Kingdoms states: "chanting the reverie of the northern Di, playing the long hiss of the Hu and Ma, sorrowful and gorgeous." The seventy first chapter of Wu woyao's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation: "this letter is parallel, full of more than 3000 words, and it is extremely sad and gorgeous." In Zhang youluan's Zhang Henshui, a great master of chapter novels, the "mandarin duck and Butterfly School" refers to the works of those writers who specialize in talented people and beautiful women, love men and women, romance and snow, moan without illness, and call themselves "sentimental and obstinate."

Analysis of Idioms

< ol > < li > Li Shangyin's poetry is famous for its sentimental and sentimental style, which is due to Li Shangyin's insensitive tragic spirit. < li > < li > Chen Qinian said his Ci was "sentimental and obstinate" realistically, while Gu Liangfen said his Ci was "a kind of melancholy, which can't be read by others, and I began to feel sad when people said it.". < / Li > < / OL > synonyms: sad but not sad; Antonyms: resentful but not angry; discrimination: < ol > < li > "Yan" can not be read as "Y á n"; < / Li > < li > can also be written as "mournful and obstinate".

Idiom usage

Commendatory words are used to describe the sadness and sentimentality of the work. "Obstinacy" refers to stupidity and stupidity, while "beauty" refers to beauty and virtue. It originally refers to the sad sound of the singer, who is excited by the feeling, regardless of the virtuous, the foolish, the beautiful and the ugly. It mainly shows the publicity of the sense of sadness and the expression of sad emotion, and expresses the worried sad mood with colorful pen. Therefore, this kind of works usually have the potential power to attract people's heart. "Sentimental and indomitable beauty" comes from Wen Xuan, Volume 40, Wei Fan Qin's notes with Wei Wen di But this young man's voice is too strong to be conquered and poor, and he can't be transformed into a good one, but he can't make it up to the end. Time is in the west corner, cool wind blowing Ren, back mountain stream, flowing spring East. Sitting together and sighing, the audience listens, weeping, weeping and being generous. " Song zhengbi, Chen Weisong, Zhu YIZUN, Kuang Zhouyi and others used "sentimental and indomitable beauty" in early poetry criticism. Stubborn: stupid. The original meaning is that the content is pitiful and the diction is gorgeous, which makes the stupid and intelligent people equally moved. Later, it is often used to refer to the touching plots in erotic novels, dramas and movies.

Chinese PinYin : āi gǎn wán yàn