extremely grieved; grief-stricken; overwhelmed with sorrow
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
so grief-stricken that one does not wish to live; extremely sorrowful; devastated
literaryA four-character idiom (chengyu) used to describe extreme grief or despair, often in literary or formal contexts. The subject is usually someone who has suffered a terrible loss.
Tā听
tīng到
dào儿
ér子
zi遇
yù难
nán的
de消
xiāo息
，
xi老
lǎo人
rén痛
tòng不
bù欲
yù生
。
Hearing the news of his son's death, the old man was grief-stricken.
Nà那
duàn段
shī失
liàn恋
de的
rì日
zi子
，
tā她
jī几
hū乎
tòng痛
bù不
yù欲
shēng生
。
During that period of heartbreak, she was almost overwhelmed with sorrow.
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Dé得
zhī知
hǎo好
yǒu友
qù去
shì世
，
tā他
bēi悲
tòng痛
yù欲
jué绝
，
tòng痛
bù不
yù欲
shēng生
。
Learning of his good friend's death, he was overcome with grief, to the point of despair.