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The traditional forms 嘆 and 歎 both convey emotional expression, incorporating components related to the mouth or exhaling. The simplified character 叹 streamlines these historical structures, combining the mouth radical 口 on the left with the component 又 on the right, originally depicting a right hand, but here functioning primarily as a phonetic element. The character's core meaning is to sigh, capturing the audible exhalation used to express feelings such as grief, frustration, admiration, or deep realization.
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他叹了一口气。
她常常叹息命运。
我感叹时间过得真快。
大家赞叹他的勇敢。
我对他的技巧叹服不已。
看到美景，她不禁叹息。
他叹了一口气，然后继续工作。
每当想起往事，他总会感叹人生的无常。