strike the head on the ground and call on heaven

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.