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鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
What 鼓盆之戚 means
- drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ} grieving for his lost wife)
- fig. grief for a lost wife
The characters in 鼓盆之戚
- 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
- 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
- 戚qī(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
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