Quote: Yu Dafu's "Picking Stones" II: "I feel sad unconsciously when I think about my present life."

Synonym of sadness:

First, sadness? [ āi shāng ]？

Sadness.

Quotation: Ba Jin's Autumn in Spring IX: "The sound of the violin came not far away, playing a sad tone."

Second, sad? [ shāng xīn ]？

Suffer misfortune or disappointment.

Quotation: Ba Jin's fifties: "Sun Ersao sat in the snow, burying her head and shaking her dead child, crying very sadly."

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The antonym of sadness:

First, joy? [ xǐ yuè ]？

Pleasure; Happy.

Quote: Chapter 5 of Yang Mo's Song of Youth: "Lin Daojing's heart is gradually filled with a kind of youthful joy."

Second, happiness? [kua lè]?

Feel happy or satisfied.

Quote: Ba Jin's Home VI: "He is neither happy nor sad."