黍离麦秀 shǔlímàixiù to grieve for a fallen nation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 黍离麦秀 黍離麥秀 shǔlímàixiù to grieve for a fallen nation (idiom) to lament or feel deep sorrow for a conquered country, derived from descriptions of millet and wheat growing over the ruins of a former capital; also used to describe a desolate or overgrown scene in a former seat of power Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 黍离 shǔlí麦秀 màixiù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
黍离麦秀 黍離麥秀 shǔlímàixiù to grieve for a fallen nation (idiom) to lament or feel deep sorrow for a conquered country, derived from descriptions of millet and wheat growing over the ruins of a former capital; also used to describe a desolate or overgrown scene in a former seat of power Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References See 黍离 shǔlí麦秀 màixiù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
