痛哭流涕 (tòng kū liú tì) | Meaning: weeping bitter tears | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to shed tears while recounting sth · speaking in a tearful voice声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xià

to be so in pain as to not want to live · to be so grieved as to wish one were dead痛不欲生tòng bù yù shēng

(bound form) to wail; to howl号háo

a flood of tears and mucus · broken-hearted and weeping bitterly涕泗滂沱tì sì pāng tuó

(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably泣不成声qì bù chéng shēng

(idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)呼天抢地hū tiān qiāng dì

weeping bitter tears