📖 Meaning
The wounds are deep and the grief endures for a long time. It describes a person who has suffered profound trauma and whose sorrow persists long after the event. The phrase emphasizes both the severity of the injury and the lasting nature of the pain.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from a Tang dynasty work by the eminent scholar-official Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元), specifically his inscription 'Inscription on the Filial Gate at Anfeng County, Shouzhou' (《寿州安丰县孝门铭》). The original line reads '创巨痛仍，号于穹昮,' meaning 'the wounds are deep, the pain endures, crying out to heaven.' Liu used it to depict the enduring grief of a filial son mourning his parent. Over time the phrase came to be used more broadly for any situation of severe and lasting suffering.
💡 Example Usage
丧子之痛，创巨痛仍，数年未消。
The grief of losing a child left wounds deep and pain enduring, unfaded even after several years.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 创巨痛仍
- Pinyin: chuàng jù tòng réng
- Literal Translation: wound, huge, pain, enduring
- Category: Emotion
- Characters: 4