Word information
Simplified鼓盆之戚
Traditional鼓盆之戚
Pinyingǔ pén zhī qī
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Chinese word dictionary
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī · drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife); fig. grief for a lost wife
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