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鼓盆之戚

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ pén zhī qī

drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子 Zhuāng zǐ grieving for his lost wife)
fig. grief for a lost wife

Characters in this entry

鼓: gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
盆: pén · basin, tub, pot, bowl
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
戚: qī · relative; be related to; sad

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3–2–1–1 · gu3 pen2 zhi1 qi1

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gu2 pun4 zi1 cik1

Cantonese word readings for 鼓盆之戚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

gu2 pun4 zi1 cik1

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