lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth

lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ū Ti ā nqi ā NGD ì, which means to shout for heaven and hit the ground with your head. Describe extreme sadness. It comes from Wu Jingzi's scholars.

Idiom explanation

Grab the ground: touch the ground. Yell for the sky and hit the ground with your head. Describe extreme sadness.

The origin of Idioms

The 40th chapter of Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of the scholars in Qing Dynasty: "Xiao Yunxian is very devoted to the heaven and earth, to the mourning and the funeral."

Idiom usage

When the boss and grandmother saw that their daughter-in-law was dead, they cried and couldn't cry. (the 14th chapter of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty) the silly and clumsy baby Qilin, holding the golden bell, hides in the room and roars (Kang Xiaoyin's the road of the ancient and modern world). He Gu, he Gu, he Gu, he Gu. (Han Peng Fu, a draft of Qing History)