捶胸顿足 — Chinese idiom
捶胸顿足
chuí xiōng dùn zú
Traditional: 捶胸頓足
Meaning
- to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
Character by character
- 捶chuíto beat, to lash, to strike with a cane
- 胸xiōngbreast, bosom; heart, mind
- 顿dùnto pause; to bow; to arrange
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
Idioms sharing a character
- 跌脚捶胸 diē jiǎo chuí xiōng
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 心胸狭窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 义愤填胸 yì fèn tián xiōng
- 胸怀坦荡 xiōng huái tǎn dàng
- 胸有城府 xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
- 胸有成略 xiōng yǒu chéng lüè
- 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
- 胸有成算 xiōng yǒu chéng suàn
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