痛哭失声
tòng​kū​shī​shēng

to be choked with tears

  • created sense approved 痛哭失声/痛哭失聲 · tòng​kū​shī​shēng · to be choked with tears — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    痛哭失声 / 痛哭失聲

    tòng​kū​shī​shēng

    to be choked with tears

    To cry so bitterly that one loses one's voice or is unable to speak; to wail due to intense grief

    痛哭 (literal) → 痛哭 · tòng​kū · to cry bitterly 失声 (literal) → 失声/失聲 · shī​shēng · to be choked with sobs

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

    created sense