鼓盆之戚

gǔ pén zhī qī

Dictionary entry

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

What does 鼓盆之戚 mean?

鼓盆之戚 (gǔ pén zhī qī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife)

2fig. grief for a lost wife

Character breakdown

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鼓gǔold variant of 鼓[gu3]盆pénbasin · flower pot 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 戚qīvariant of 戚[qi1] · grief

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