in deep distress
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu à NGJ à t à ngsh à n, which means great trauma and deep pain. From Guo Moruo's travels to the Soviet Union, July 10.
source
Guo Moruo's travels to the Soviet Union, July 10: "Stalin's city can be a great tragedy. There is no complete house in the whole city."
usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of great injury or suffering
in deep distress
develop a new method of one 's own - dú pì xī jìng