痛不欲生 (tòng bù yù shēng) | Meaning: to be so in pain as to not want to live | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) to be overcome with grief悲痛欲绝bēi tòng yù jué

weeping bitter tears痛哭流涕tòng kū liú tì

grieved · sorrowful悲痛bēi tòng

repeatedly attempt suicide (in order to threaten) · try to commit suicide in order to give a scare (or intimidation)寻死觅活xún sǐ mì huó

to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) · to be torn with grief心如刀割xīn rú dāo gē

to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) · to ponder about a painful experience痛定思痛tòng dìng sī tòng

to be so in pain as to not want to live · to be so grieved as to wish one were dead