How to write 憐

憐 lián [动] 【本义】: 哀憐，憐憫 [Basic meaning]: Compassion, pity 1. 哀怜；同情。 [En.] Pity; sympathy. 2. 喜爱，疼爱。 [En.] Love; cherish. 3. 通“ 吝 ”。吝惜。 [En.] Stint; be stingy. 4. 通“ 鄰 ”。比邻。 [En.] Neighbor; adjacent. 引 1. 《说文》：憐，哀也。從心。粦聲。字亦作憐。 [Source] "Shuowen": "Lian, meaning compassion. From 'heart'. The phonetic part is 'lian'. The character can also be written as 'lian'." 2. 《尔雅》：矜憐撫掩之也。 [Source] "Erya": "To empathize and comfort." 3. 《史记·魏公子列传》：独不憐公子姊邪? [Source] "Records of the Grand Historian - Biography of the Young Lord of Wei": "Do you not pity the lord's sister?" 4. 韩愈《应科目时与人书》：若俯首贴耳，摇尾而乞憐者，非我之志也。 [Source] Han Yu: "If one bows with their head down, wagging their tail asking for pity, that is not my intention." 5. 《史记·淮阴侯列传》：且喜且憐之。 [Source] "Records of the Grand Historian - Biography of General Huaiyin": "Both joyful and pitying." 6. 《史记·酈生陆贾列传》：天子憐百姓新劳苦，故且休之。 [Source] "Records of the Grand Historian - Biography of Li Sheng and Lu Jia": "The emperor commiserates with the common people's recent hardships, hence he grants them a rest." 7. 清·袁枚《祭妹文》：所憐者。 [Source] Qing Dynasty - Yuan Mei: "What one pities." 例 又如: 可憐(值得憐憫); 憐見(哀矜，憐憫); 憐拯(憐憫拯救); 憐鑑(哀憐審察); 憐閔(哀憐，同情) [Example] Such as: 可憐 (worth pity); 憐見 (compassionate consideration); 憐拯 (rescue with pity); 憐鑑 (compassionate examination); 憐閔 (sympathy). 爱，惜 [En.] Love; cherish 引 1. 《尔雅》：憐，愛也。 [Source] "Erya": "Lian means love." 2. 《史记·陈涉世家》：楚人憐之。 [Source] "Records of the Grand Historian - Family of Chen She": "The people of Chu pitied him." 3. 《战国策·赵策》：丈夫亦爱憐其少子乎? [Source] "Strategies of the Warring States": "Does a man not also love and cherish his younger son?" 例 又如: 爱憐(十分疼爱); 憐才(爱惜人才); 憐忪(爱憐其惺忪之态); 憐香(喜爱花香); 憐遇(宠爱恩遇) [Example] Such as: 爱憐 (to love dearly); 憐才 (to cherish talent); 憐忪 (to fondly appreciate one's drowsy condition); 憐香 (to enjoy the fragrance of flowers); 憐遇 (to show favor and kindness). 通「吝」。吝惜 [En.] Stint; be stingy 引 1. 《荀子》：不慕往，不閔來，無邑憐之心。 [Source] "Xunzi": "Do not yearn for the past, do not resent the present, and have no heart for pity." 例 又如: 憐下(憐惜下人); 憐嗟(憐惜嗟嘆); 憐察(察知其情而憐惜之) [Example] Such as: 憐下 (to pity subordinates); 憐嗟 (to lament and cherish); 憐察 (to discern and pity the situation). 遗憾 [En.] Deplore; regret; sorrow over 引 1. 清·袁枚《祭妹文》：所憐者，吾自戊寅年讀汝哭侄詩後，…至今無男。 [Source] Qing Dynasty - Yuan Mei: "What one regrets is that since I read your poem mourning your nephew after the year of Wu Yin, … there has been no son until now."