一哭二闹三上吊
yī​kū'èr​nào​sān​shàng​diào

to make a terrible scene

  • created sense approved 一哭二闹三上吊/一哭二鬧三上吊 · yī​kū'èr​nào​sān​shàng​diào · to make a terrible scene — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一哭二闹三上吊 / 一哭二鬧三上吊

    yī​kū'èr​nào​sān​shàng​diào

    to make a terrible scene

    to throw a massive tantrum; literally "first to cry, second to make a scene, and third to threaten to hang oneself"

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry 二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 闹 (literal) → 闹/鬧 · nào · to make trouble 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 上吊 (literal) → 上吊 · shàng​diào · to hang oneself

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense