Lingaku- 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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- drumming on a bowl in grief
- grief for a lost wife
This idiom refers to the act of expressing sorrow, especially in relation to mourning a lost wife. It alludes to a specific story and conveys deep emotional loss.
He grieved for his deceased wife, drumming on a bowl in sorrow.
This meaning captures the broader significance of mourning a wife, emphasizing the emotional turmoil and sorrow experienced in such a loss.
His life was filled with grief for his lost wife after her passing.
měi dāng每当tā他kàn dào看到tā men他们de的zhào piàn照片，xīn zhōng心中biàn便yǒng qǐ涌起gǔ pén zhī qī鼓盆之戚de的qíng gǎn情感。
Whenever he saw their photos, feelings of grief for his lost wife surged within him.
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gǔ pén zhī qī鼓盆之戚grief for a lost wifegǔ pén鼓盆āi yuè哀乐sorrow and joy of drumming on a bowl (idiom)bēi tòng悲痛gǔ pén鼓盆to drum on a bowl in sorrowgǔ pén鼓盆qì泣yǔ语to express sorrow through drumming on a bowlgǔ pén鼓盆zhī之shēng声the sound of drumming on a bowl (symbolizing grief)āi shāng哀伤gǔ pén鼓盆to drum on a bowl in griefgǔ rén古人gǔ pén鼓盆ancient people drumming on bowls (as a sign of mourning)gǔ pén鼓盆yí shuāng遗孀a widow drumming on a bowl in mourninggǔ pén鼓盆zhī之qíng情the emotions associated with drumming on a bowl in griefqíng情shēn深gǔ pén鼓盆deep sorrow expressed through drumming on a bowlgǔ pén鼓盆zhuī dào追悼a memorial through drumming on a bowlgǔ pén鼓盆shēng声shēng声the echoes of grief in the drumming on a bowl