The apes cry and the cranes complain(yuán tí hè yuàn)

The apes cry and the cranes complain

The Chinese idiom, Yu á NT í h è Yu à n, means that apes and cranes cry bitterly. From "Peony Pavilion · Yuhuai".

The origin of Idioms

Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Peony Pavilion Yuhuai: "when you hear the cry of the apes and the grudge of the cranes, your tears are wet and your robes are like sweat."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Chinese PinYin : yuán tí hè yuàn