呼天抢地 — Chinese idiom
呼天抢地
hū tiān qiāng dì
Traditional: 呼天搶地
Meaning
- to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)
Character by character
- 呼hūto breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 抢qiāngurgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
Idioms sharing a character
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 呼之即来 hū zhī jí lái
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 呼来喝去 hū lái hè qù
- 呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ
- 呼牛呼马 hū niú hū mǎ
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
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