創鉅痛深

Chinese

begin; initiate; inaugurate
begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
 
 great; hard iron ache; pain; sorrow deep; profound
trad. (創鉅痛深) 創 鉅 痛 深
simp. (创巨痛深) 创 巨 痛 深

Etymology

From The Book of Rites, Book 38（《禮記•三年問》）:

創鉅者其日久，痛甚者其愈遲。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
创巨者其日久，痛甚者其愈迟。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
Chuāngjù zhě qí rìjiǔ, tòng shèn zhě qí yù chí. [Pinyin]
When the trauma has been great, the duration [of the mourning] is long. When the pain has been severe, the healing is slow.

Note that 甚 (shèn, “exceedingly”) is replaced by 深 (shēn, “deeply”).

Pronunciation

Idiom

創鉅痛深

  1. (literary) to be badly injured and in great pain; to suffer from great loss and deep distress
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