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感叹

HSK 7-9Word · Verb · NounTraditional感嘆

sigh with feeling; exclamation

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to sigh with feeling; to lament; to exclaim

Used to express deep emotion, often about the passage of time, life's ups and downs, or moving scenes.

Kàn看
zhe着
xī昔
rì日
de的
zhào照
piàn片
 ,
tā他
bù不
jīn禁
gǎn感
tàn叹
shí时
guāng光
fēi飞
shì逝
 。

Looking at old photos, he couldn't help but sigh at how time flies.

Dú读
wán完
nà那
běn本
xiǎo小
shuō说
 ,
tā他
shēn深
shēn深
de地
gǎn感
tàn叹
rén人
shēng生
de的
wú无
cháng常
 。

After finishing that novel, he deeply lamented the impermanence of life.

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Miàn面
duì对
zhuàng壮
lì丽
de的
zì自
rán然
jǐng景
sè色
 ,
yóu游
kè客
men们
fēn纷
fēn纷
fā发
chū出
gǎn感
tàn叹
 。

Faced with the magnificent natural scenery, the tourists exclaimed one after another.

2.

noun

exclamation; emotional outburst (in grammar)

technical

Refers to exclamatory words or phrases in language, such as '啊', '唉', '天哪'. This is a derived grammatical meaning.

 “
À啊
 ”
shì是
yī一
gè个
cháng常
yòng用
de的
gǎn感
tàn叹
cí词
 。

"Ah" is a common exclamation.

Tā他
zài在
xìn信
zhōng中
yòng用
le了
xǔ许
duō多
gǎn感
tàn叹
hào号
lái来
biǎo表
dá达
jī激
dòng动
de的
xīn心
qíng情
 。

He used many exclamation marks in the letter to express his excitement.