泣不成声
qì​bù​chéng​shēng

to sob uncontrollably

  • created sense approved 泣不成声/泣不成聲 · qì​bù​chéng​shēng · to sob uncontrollably — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泣不成声 / 泣不成聲

    qì​bù​chéng​shēng

    to sob uncontrollably

    to sob so much that one loses one's voice or cannot speak; to choke with sobs; describes extreme grief

    泣 (literal) → 泣 · qì · to sob 不成 (literal) → 不成 · bù​chéng · [unable to] 声 (literal) → 声/聲 · shēng · sound

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

    created sense