to sigh / to exclaim

= + : Tecumseh (t) is loosing a battle in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With each hit of his opponent's boxing glove (又) on his mouth (口) he gives a desperate sigh (叹).
variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

= + : Tecumseh (t) is loosing a battle in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With each hit of his opponent's boxing glove (又) on his mouth (口) he gives a desperate sigh (叹).

叹 character breakdown

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 叹 as component

叹 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 叹

to exclaim in admiration
to sigh (with feeling) / to lament
exclamation mark ! (punct.)
interjection (part of speech) / exclamation
to sigh with regret / lament
exclamation mark ! (punct.)
to be full of praise (idiom)
long sigh / deep sigh
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
to admire inwardly
exclamation / exclamatory phrase
exclamation / expletive
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
to look and sigh / to feel helpless / not knowing what to do
exclamation mark (punct.)
to consider oneself as being not as good as the others
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

Sentences with 叹

叹 currently does not appear in any sentence.