呼天抢地
hū​tiān​qiāng​dì

to cry out in anguish

  • created reference approved 呼天抢地/呼天搶地 → 呼天叩地 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    呼天抢地 / 呼天搶地 hū​tiān​qiāng​dì

    呼天叩地 hū​tiān​kòu​dì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 呼天抢地/呼天搶地 · hū​tiān​qiāng​dì · to cry out in anguish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    呼天抢地 / 呼天搶地

    hū​tiān​qiāng​dì

    to cry out in anguish

    (idiom) to cry out to heaven and strike one's head against the ground, describing a state of extreme grief or despair

    呼 (literal) → 呼 · hū · to shout 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 抢 (literal) → 抢/搶 · qiāng · to knock against 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth

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

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