sàng
kǎo

idiom

Meaning of 如丧考妣

如丧考妣 means to grieve as if one's parents had died; to be extremely sad and anxious (often used derogatorily to describe excessive grief over trivial matters). Pronounced rú sàng kǎo bǐ.

  • to grieve as if one's parents had died; to be extremely sad and anxious (often used derogatorily to describe excessive grief over trivial matters)

Definitions & Examples

zhǐ
guò
shì
diū
le
běn
shū
 
què
de
sàng
kǎo
 

He only lost a book, yet he cried as if his parents had died.

Tīng
dào
gōng
yào
cái
yuán
de
xiāo
 
sàng
kǎo
 
fǎng仿
tiān
yào
xià
lái
shì
de
 

Hearing the news that the company was going to lay off employees, he became grief-stricken as if the sky were falling.

Zhè
diǎn
xiǎo
shì
jiù
de
sàng
kǎo
 
zhì
ma
 

Do you really need to be so anxious over such a small matter, as if your parents had died?