I was in tears
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ù L ǐ L è IXI à, which means tears flow to the belly. It's hard to describe. It comes from the records of the four dynasties.
The origin of Idioms
Ye Shaoweng, Song Dynasty, wrote in his four dynasties record: "every time we meet the beautiful day, when we attend a banquet, we just think about it and cry."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: words of suffering
Idiom usage
He had to cry at home and swallow his anger.
I was in tears
the difference between heaven and earth - xiāo rǎng zhī shū
Surpassing the past and the present - mài gǔ chāo jīn
peace and tranquility under heaven - hǎi yàn hé qīng