strike the head on the ground and call on heaven
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ó dऻh ū Ti ā n, which means to cry for heaven and earth, to describe extreme sadness. From book shadow.
The origin of Idioms
The fourth volume of Book Shadow written by Zhou Lianggong in the Qing Dynasty: "the boy's voice is full of tears, and the audience is full of tears."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: cry for heaven and earth antonym: joyful
Idiom usage
A person is very sad.
strike the head on the ground and call on heaven
living a life of ease and leisure - yōu zāi yóu zāi
woman 's light and heavy make-up - dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
shoulder to shoulder and hub to hub - jià jiān jī gū
the time and fates are against someone - yùn jiǎn shí guāi
The moon faints but the wind blows, the foundation moistens but the rain - yuè yūn ér fēng,chǔ rùn ér yǔ