be emaciated with grief

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.