痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu

DEFINITIONS

  1. bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. to grieve and lament (over sth)

CHARACTERS

痛 tòng
HSK 5
pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter
心 xīn
HSK 3
heart; mind, intelligence; soul
疾 jí
HSK 6
illness, disease, sickness; to hate
首 shǒu
HSK 4
head; first; leader, chief; a poem