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嚎啕大哭

háo táo dà kū

4-character word

What 嚎啕大哭 means

1. idiomto wail; to bawl

The characters in 嚎啕大哭

• 嚎háohowl; bawl
• 啕táo(bound form) to wail
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 哭kūto cry; to weep

Example sentences

• 小明忍耐不了妈妈的责骂，便嚎啕大哭。
  Xiǎomíng rěnnàibuliǎo māma de zémà, biàn háotáo-dàkū.
  Xiaoming could not handle his mother's scolding anymore, bursting into tears.

Sounds the same

Read háo táo dà kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 号啕大哭variant of 嚎啕大哭