We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「見哭興悲」, explained below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「見哭興悲」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Seeing others cry makes you sad. Refers to generating sympathy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàn kū xìng bēi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gin3 huk1 hing1 bei1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

