sympathy that you feel for somebody when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an expression of this sympathy 吊唁;慰唁 to give/offer/express your condolences 表示慰唁 Our condolences go to his wife and family. 向他的妻子和家人谨致吊慰之意。 a letter of condolence 吊唁信
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from condole from Christian Latin condolere, from con- ‘with’ + dolere ‘grieve, suffer’, influenced by French condoléance.