Birds cry and apes cry

Birds cry and apes cry

The Chinese idiom, Ni ǎ OK ū Yu á NT í in pinyin, describes a sad scene. It comes from the tablet of Zen master Neng by Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty wrote in the tablet of Zen master Neng: "when the mountains collapse and the rivers run out, the birds cry and the apes cry."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive; of animals whining