lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Chu í Ti ā nqi ǎ NGD ì, which means to describe the appearance of extreme grief. From Feng Yulan.
The origin of Idioms
The second fold of Feng Yulan written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "it's good to teach me that there is no appeal for wrongs, only a man crying bitterly."
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: call for heaven and earth
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, adverbial, etc
lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth
a chasm for dragon to hide or a cave for tigers to have their lair - lóng tán hǔ xué
Beautiful melody with clear words - qīng cí lì qǔ
the dragon 's liver and the phoenix 's marrow - lóng gān fèng nǎo
run out of ammunition and food supplies - dàn jìn liáng jué