tragic scene; heartrending scene; pathetic scene
Used in film, theater, and storytelling for a scene designed to move the audience to tears or deep sympathy.
During the tragic scene in this movie, many in the audience shed tears.
Compound of 愁嘆 (lamentation, grief) and 場 (scene, place). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with dramatic, tear-jerking scenes in traditional and modern storytelling.