shǔ​lí​mài​xiù

to grieve for a fallen nation

Senses

黍离麦秀/ 黍離麥秀 shǔ​lí​mài​xiù to grieve for a fallen nation

(idiom) to lament or feel deep sorrow for a conquered country, derived from descriptions of millet and wheat growing over the ruins of a former capital; also used to describe a desolate or overgrown scene in a former seat of power

References

see 黍离麦秀/黍離麥秀 黍离/黍離
see 黍离麦秀/黍離麥秀 麦秀/麥秀