deeply despondent
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t à R á NRU à s à ng, which means to describe a look of sadness. It comes from Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun.
The origin of Idioms
Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun: "when you look up to the sky and hiss, you may lose your coupling."
Idiom usage
Under his control, Ouyang Ye looks like a wooden chicken. (Liang Yusheng's "shooting stars in Mu Ye" (Chapter 54)
Analysis of Idioms
TA Yan's self mourning
deeply despondent
know and observe all but stay obscure - zhī bái shǒu hēi
learn from others ' strong points and close the gap - qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn