凝咽
Chinese
congeal; concentrate attention | to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat | ||
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trad. (凝咽/凝噎) | 凝 | 咽/噎 | |
simp. (凝咽) | 凝 | 咽 | |
凝噎 – “to choke” |
Pronunciation
Verb
凝咽
- to choke with sobs
- 執手相看淚眼,竟無語凝噎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 11th century, Liu Yong, “Bells Ringing in the Rain”
- Zhí shǒu xiàng kàn lèiyǎn, jìng wú yǔ níngyē. [Pinyin]
- Hand in hand, we gazed at each other's tearful eyes. / Words failing, we choked with sobs.
执手相看泪眼,竟无语凝噎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
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Adjective
凝咽
- (literary, of sound) sorrowful