一路哭
yī​lù​kū

suffering across a whole region

  • created reference approved 一路哭 → 一家哭 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一路哭 yī​lù​kū

    一家哭 yī​jiā​kū

    see

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  • created sense approved 一路哭 · yī​lù​kū · suffering across a whole region — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一路哭

    yī​lù​kū

    suffering across a whole region

    (literary) used to describe a situation where people across an entire region are suffering or living in misery. The term originates from a story about the Song Dynasty official Fan Zhongyan, who argued that it is better for the corrupt family of an official to cry than for an entire region (then called a "lu") to cry from bad governance.

    yí​lù​kū

    一路 (literal) → 一路 · yī​lù · all the way 哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry

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