be bereaved of one 's wife
Gupenzhiqi, a Chinese word, means dead wife. The pain of losing one's wife comes from Zhuangzi Zhile.
The origin of Idioms
Zhuangzi Zhile: "when Zhuangzi's wife dies, he will be hanged by his son, and Zhuangzi will sing in the drum basin."
Analysis of Idioms
Pain of losing one's wife
Idiom usage
When his wife died, he was very sad. His family was poor, and he was in deep sorrow. Pu Songling's Liaozhaizhiyi Xiaoxie in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : gǔ pén zhī qī
be bereaved of one 's wife
will be continued in the next chapter. xià huí fēn jiě
water flowing out in a trickle takes a long time to exhaust. xì shuǐ cháng liú
come back with a flick of one 's sleeve. fú xiù ér guī