cry on each other 's shoulder(bào tóu tòng kū)

cry on each other 's shoulder

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à ot ó ut à NGK à, meaning very sad or moved, crying. From Lao Can's travels.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth chapter of Liu e's travel notes of Lao can in Qing Dynasty: "here, father and son hold their heads and cry bitterly with his family."

Idiom usage

He is very sad. When his wife died, he wept bitterly.

Chinese PinYin : bào tóu tòng kū