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Trad. 哭喪
- to wail at a funeral
- formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
Trad. 哭窮
- to bewail one's poverty
- to complain about being hard up
- to pretend to be poor
Trad. 哭喪棒
- mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
Trad. 同聲一哭
- to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
- to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
Trad. 貓哭老鼠
- the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
- crocodile tears
Trad. 貓哭耗子
- the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
- crocodile tears
Trad. 抱頭痛哭
- to weep disconsolately
- to cry on each other's shoulder
Trad. 哭喪著臉
- to pull a long face
- to wear a mournful expression
Trad. 哭天抹淚
- to wail and whine
- piteous weeping
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
- both funny and extremely embarrassing
- between laughter and tears
Trad. 號啕大哭
- variant of 嚎啕大哭[hao2 tao2 da4 ku1]
Trad. 狼號鬼哭
- lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
Trad. 哭得死去活來
- to cry one's heart out
Trad. 一哭二鬧三上吊
- lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)
- fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
Trad. 會哭的孩子有奶吃
- lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)
- fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
Trad. 會哭的孩子有糖吃
- lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
- fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease