tòng xīn jí shǒu

痛心疾首 (tòng xīn jí shǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “bitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth)”.

Meanings

  1. 1bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2to grieve and lament (over sth)

Characters in 痛心疾首

痛tòng · ache心xīn · heart疾jí · (bound form) disease; ailment首shǒu · head

Related words

担心anxious心heart小心to be careful开心to feel happy首head关心to be concerned about; to care about痛苦pain首先first of all; in the first place中心center; heart; core恶心nausea恶心bad habit恶心variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

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