be emaciated with grief
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xi ā Ohu ǐ g ǔ L ì, which means that the body is as thin as firewood. It comes from the book of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Wu Ji.
Notes on Idioms
Sales: long sick and thin.
The origin of Idioms
"Emperor Wu Ji in the book of Liang Dynasty:" Gaozu described that Ben Zhuang, who had been returned to Kyoto, had been destroyed, had been close to his friends, and no longer knew him
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attribute; used of a person's appearance.
be emaciated with grief
narrate anecdotes of the past in alluding to the present - jiè gǔ yù jīn
there is nothing comparable to this - wú kě bǐ lún
capture troublemakers and fight evil-forces - qín jiān tǎo bào
be surrounded by hills and rivers - zǔ shān dài hé