lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
Hutiankoudi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ū Ti ā NK ò UD ì, which means calling for heaven loudly and bumping the head against the ground; it describes extreme sadness; it is the same as "hutiankedi". Zhang Hao meets Yingying in Suxiang Pavilion.
The origin of Idioms
"Warning to the world: Zhang Hao meets Yingying in Suxiang Pavilion:" today, Zhang Hao has gone back to his former appointment and made my concubine cry to heaven and knock to the earth without telling me
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive to describe extreme sadness.
lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
be able to achieve success one way or another - zuǒ yòu féng yuán
investigate sb . 's fault and try to punish him - yǐn shéng pī gēn