楚囚相對
chǔ​qiú​xiāng​duì

to weep in despair

  • created sense approved 楚囚相对/楚囚相對 · chǔ​qiú​xiāng​duì · to weep in despair — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    楚囚相对 / 楚囚相對

    chǔ​qiú​xiāng​duì

    to weep in despair

    (literary) to weep together in the face of disaster; to face one another in a desperate situation without any ideas or solutions; based on a story from the Jin dynasty of refugees from the north gathering at a pavilion and weeping for their lost homeland until they were scolded for not taking action

    楚囚 (literal) → 楚囚 · chǔ​qiú · prisoner 相对 (literal) → 相对/相對 · xiāng​duì · face to face

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