鼓盆之戚

gǔ pén zhī qī

Meaning

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

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鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse壴支盆pénbasin, bowl, pot, tub分皿之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶戚qīashamed, grieving; related to; relative戊尗