椎心泣血chuí xīn qì xuèbeat one’s breast and bleed tears (in one’s deep agony and sorrow)
? 一看見父親躺在地上，咽了氣，她不禁～，呼天搶地。No sooner had she seen her father lying dead on the ground then she beat her breast and bled tears,lamenting to heaven and knocking her head on earth. 椎心泣血chuí xīn qì xuè椎心：捶胸；泣血：哭得眼中流血。形容悲痛之極。deep sorrow, be deeply sorrowed by, be heartbroken |