Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	do not; there is none who	to be greater than; to be bigger than	heart; mind	to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (哀莫大於心死)		哀	莫	大於	心	死
simp. (哀莫大于心死)		哀	莫	大于	心	死
Literally: “Nothing is more lamentable than a dead heart.”.

Proverb

哀莫大於心死

1. Despair is the greatest sorrow; Nothing gives greater cause for sorrow than despair; There is no grief so great as despair; There is no poverty like the poverty of spirit.