悲痛欲绝 — Chinese idiom
悲痛欲绝
bēi tòng yù jué
Traditional: 悲痛欲絕
Meaning
- to be overcome with grief
Character by character
- 悲bēisorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
- 痛tòngache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 悲不自胜 bēi bù zì shèng
- 悲歌当哭 bēi gē dàng kū
- 悲声载道 bēi shēng zài dào
- 慈悲为本 cí bēi wéi běn
- 乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi
- 转悲为喜 zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ
- 不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng
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