字 Chinese Character Wiki Wiki
Log in
  • Home
  • Search
  • Lists
  • Recent Changes
  • My Edits
  • Character Builder
Preferences
Theme
Characters
Phonetic
  • Dong Chinese
Read Edit View history
鼓盆之戚
gǔ​pén​zhī​qī

widower's grief

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

鼓盆之戚 gǔ​pén​zhī​qī widower's grief

grief or sorrow resulting from the death of one's wife, alluding to the story of Zhuangzi drumming on a basin after his wife passed away

他中年不幸遭受鼓盆之戚,此後便一直獨身。

References

No references for this word.

CC BY-SA 4.0 Data licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0