泣不成声 — Chinese idiom
泣不成声
qì bù chéng shēng
Traditional: 泣不成聲
Meaning
- unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
Character by character
- 泣qìto cry, to sob, to weep
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
Idioms sharing a character
- 可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì
- 向隅而泣 xiàng yú ér qì
- 喜极而泣 xǐ jí ér qì
- 如泣如诉 rú qì rú sù
- 掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
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