I was in tears(dù lǐ lèi xià)

I was in tears

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ù L ǐ L è IXI à, which means tears flow to the belly. It's hard to describe. It comes from the records of the four dynasties.

The origin of Idioms

Ye Shaoweng, Song Dynasty, wrote in his four dynasties record: "every time we meet the beautiful day, when we attend a banquet, we just think about it and cry."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: words of suffering

Idiom usage

He had to cry at home and swallow his anger.

Chinese PinYin : dù lǐ lèi xià