鼓盆之戚 in English gu3 pen2 zhi1 qi1 Meaning

Meanings

  • drumming on a bowl in grief (idiomatic expression, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife)
  • metaphorically grief for a lost wife

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Traditional Characters

Pinyin

gu3 pen2 zhi1 qi1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

gu3old variant of 鼓[gu3] pen2basin zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) qi1variant of 戚[qi1]