weep in a corner and bewail one 's sad fate(xiàng yú ér qì)

weep in a corner and bewail one 's sad fate

Weeping to the corner, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin for Xi à ngy ú é RQ ì, means a person crying in front of a corner. It refers to crying in despair because of isolation or not getting the chance. It is often used to describe feeling lonely and desperate because of being left out. From Shuoyuan guide.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty wrote in Shuo yuan · GUI de: "today, there are many people drinking in the hall, and one of them is crying in the corner, so everyone in the hall is not happy."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] groaning, at a dead end

Idiom usage

To cry in despair

Chinese PinYin : xiàng yú ér qì