鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī

DEFINITIONS

  1. drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
  2. fig. grief for a lost wife

CHARACTERS

鼓 gǔ
HSK 4
drum; beat, top, strike
盆 pén
HSK 5
basin, tub, pot, bowl
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
戚 qī
HSK 4
relative; be related to; sad