哀ㄞāi莫ㄇㄛˋ大ㄉㄚˋ於ㄩˊmòdàyú心ㄒㄧㄣ死ㄙˇxīnsǐ

简哀莫大于心死

一個人最可悲的事莫過於喪失了上進的意志。例「歷經多次磨難，他已經哀莫大於心死，不抱任何期待了」。

英nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子[Zhuang1 zi3]), no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices, the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart, nothing is more wretched than apathy