痛哭流涕
tòng kū liú tì
Pinyin
Definition
痛哭流涕
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- weeping bitter tears
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
- 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
不痛不痒
- 1 lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
- 2 fig. not getting to any matter of substance
- 3 scratching the surface
- 4 superficial
- 5 perfunctory
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
- 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably