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Change log entry 61688
Processed by: ycandau (2016-05-24 14:16:02 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 58473 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
1) It can be used as a verb -- see LA.
2) Mostly the sound is not made by humans, it seems - see J.

J ~ (of the wind) make a sound like sighing
(指风)哀鸣.

Katydids were lamenting fall's approach.
蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。

the eerie moan of the night wind.
夜风的可怕哀鸣

TP
典故裡杜鵑怎麼哀鳴、in literary allusions how the cuckoo sings its sad song,

猿哀鳴 the doleful calls of the monkeys

在傷心人耳中,杜鵑一聲接一聲,怨笛哀箏都不如牠的聲聲哀鳴。
For people in the grip of sadness, the cuckoo's continuous cry is more melancholy than any flute or zither.
Diff:
- 哀鳴 哀鸣 [ai1 ming2] /plaintive whine/wail/
+ 哀鳴 哀鸣 [ai1 ming2] /(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound/whine/moan/wail/
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