a song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead person 哀歌；挽歌 - (informal, disapproving)
any song or piece of music that is too slow and sad 惨兮兮的歌曲（或乐曲）
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the Office for the Dead): from Latin dirige! (imperative) ‘direct!’, the first word of an antiphon (Ps. 5:8) formerly used in the Latin Office for the Dead.