📖 Meaning
Seeing a scene or landscape triggers feelings of sadness and sorrow. It describes the experience of being moved to grief by familiar or evocative surroundings, often linked to memories of loss or bygone times.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from 'The Peony Pavilion' (《还魂记·惊梦》) by Tang Xianzu, a celebrated playwright of the Ming Dynasty. In the story, the heroine Du Liniang wanders into a rear garden where flowers are in full bloom. The beautiful spring scenery stirs deep melancholy within her, as she is struck by the contrast between nature's vitality and her own loneliness. She returns home dejected, having been wounded by the very sights that should have brought joy.
💡 Example Usage
回到故乡的老屋，他睹景伤情，不禁潸然泪下。
Returning to the old house in his hometown, he was wounded by the familiar sights and could not hold back his tears.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 睹景伤情
- Pinyin: dǔ jǐng shāng qíng
- Literal Translation: see, scenery, hurt, feeling
- Category: Emotion
- Characters: 4