Tā xiě de shī chángcháng liúlù chū bēitiān-mǐnrén de qínghuái.
His poems often reveal a sense of compassion for the world's suffering.
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From Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈's 《争臣论》 (On the Remonstrance Official): the sages 'feared Heaven's mandate and grieved for human poverty' (畏天命而悲人穷). The chengyu compresses that posture into four characters.
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Literary and high-toned. Use sincerely for genuine compassion (writers, doctors, activists); used sarcastically it accuses someone of performative pity.
