weeping one's eyes out and heart-broken
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l è Ig à NCH á ngdu à n, which means to describe the extreme sadness. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
The 62nd chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "the colorful clouds of Qi cry, and their intestines are broken."
Idiom usage
When she is sad, her heart will die
weeping one's eyes out and heart-broken
one 's love for scholars is equal to one 's thirst for water - ài cái rú kě
Against heaven and against reason - nì tiān wéi lǐ
flay the face and wash the heart - gé miàn xǐ xīn