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呼天抢地

hū tiān qiāng dì

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)

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Child Words of 呼天抢地

地
de

-ly

地
dì

earth

天
tiān

day

抢
qiāng

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)

抢
qiǎng

to fight over

呼
hū

to call