alas(yú hū āi zāi)

alas

Yu hulaiya, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú h ūā iz ā I, which originally means to lament or mourn; it is also used in sacrificial writings to express mourning for the dead. It comes from "poetry · Da Ya · Zhao Min".

Notes on Idioms

Yu Hu: exclamation. Ya: modal particles.

The origin of Idioms

"Poetry · Da Ya · Zhao Min": "how sad it is! Those who maintain the present do not have the old. "

Idiom usage

Examples

Xunzi's theory of music: "in troubled times, we should not listen to evil and good. It's too sad to be successful. "

Chinese PinYin : yú hū āi zāi