椎心泣血chuí xīn qì xuèbeat one’s breast and bleed tears (in one’s deep agony and sorrow)
❍ 一看见父亲躺在地上，咽了气，她不禁～，呼天抢地。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。形容悲痛之极。deep sorrow, be deeply sorrowed by, be heartbroken |