痛心疾首 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• bitter and hateful
• to grieve and lament (over sth)

Character by character

• 痛tòngache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
• 心xīnheart; mind; soul
• 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
• 首shǒuchief, head, leader

Idioms sharing a character

• 不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng
• 创巨痛深 chuāng jù tòng shēn
• 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
• 深恶痛绝 shēn wù tòng jué
• 无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng
• 痛定思痛 tòng dìng sī tòng
• 痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi
• 迎头痛击 yíng tóu tòng jī
• 头痛欲裂 tóu tòng yù liè
• 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé

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