stamp one 's feet and beat one 's chest in bitterness(diē jiǎo chuí xiōng)

stamp one 's feet and beat one 's chest in bitterness

The Chinese idiom, di ē Ji ǎ ochu í Xi ō ng in pinyin, means stamping the ground with feet and hitting the chest with fists. Express anger, anxiety, grief and other feelings. From the outlaws of the marsh.

The origin of Idioms

"Water Margin" 104: "people fell, as if overturned the chicken nest, made a lot of panic."

Analysis of Idioms

Fall on one's feet and beat one's chest

Idiom usage

As a predicate or adverbial; of sadness

Chinese PinYin : diē jiǎo chuí xiōng