lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth(hū tiān kòu dì)
lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
Hutiankoudi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ū Ti ā NK ò UD ì, which means calling for heaven loudly and bumping the head against the ground; it describes extreme sadness; it is the same as "hutiankedi". Zhang Hao meets Yingying in Suxiang Pavilion.
The origin of Idioms
"Warning to the world: Zhang Hao meets Yingying in Suxiang Pavilion:" today, Zhang Hao has gone back to his former appointment and made my concubine cry to heaven and knock to the earth without telling me
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive to describe extreme sadness.
Chinese PinYin : hū tiān kòu dì
lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
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