Weeping at night
Weeping day and night: weeping day and night. It's from Chu CE I, Warring States strategy.
Idiom explanation
Pronunciation: zh ò uy í nxi ā OK ū.
Idioms and allusions
Source: Chu CE 1, Warring States policy: "seven days in the reign of the king of Qin, the sparrow does not turn, weeping in the daytime, seven days not to tell."
Analysis of Idioms
Usage: used as attributive and adverbial; used in written language
Chinese PinYin : zhòu yín xiāo kū
Weeping at night
Wash one's hands and do one's duty. xǐ shǒu fèng gōng
To lead a stranger by a stranger. yǐ gǔ yǐn gǔ
dearer than one 's own flesh and blood. qíng yú gǔ ròu
there is no peace in the country. guó wú níng rì