wring one 's heart to the very core

wring one 's heart to the very core

Grief, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "it ò ngy ù Ju é", meaning to die of grief, describes the extreme of grief. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

In the 13th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "the jewel is very sad in front of the spirit according to the ceremony of unmarried daughter."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: grief, grief Antonyms: ecstasy, elation, ecstasy

Idiom usage

Used to describe a person's mood after being hit by great misfortune. example Baoqing sang an elegy to his elder brother. He was so sad that he couldn't cry. Lao She's "drum book artist" 17.