{"path":"/entry/74592","title":"痛哭流涕 (tòng kū liú tì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"痛哭流涕 (tòng kū liú tì): weeping bitter tears. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":74592,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["痛哭流涕"],"TRADITIONAL":["痛哭流涕"]}},"phonetic":"tòng kū liú tì","phoneticKey":"tong4 ku1 liu2 ti4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"weeping bitter tears","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["IDIOM"],"frequency":28902,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the beginning of Jia Yi's memorial to Emperor Wen of Han","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"臣窃惟事势，可为痛哭者一，可为流涕者二，可为长太息者六。","traditional":"臣竊惟事勢，可爲痛哭者一，可爲流涕者二，可爲長太息者六。"},"phonetic":"Chén qiè wéi shìshì, kě wèi tòngkū zhě yī, kě wèi liútì zhě èr, kě wèi cháng tàixī zhě liù.","english":"I have privately considered the current situation: there is one matter that merits wailing, two that merit weeping, and six that merit deep sighs.","ref":"c. 173 BCE, 賈誼,《治安策》(On the Government of Peace) a.k.a.《陳政事疏》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}