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- (bound form) to cry; to weep loudly
- (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
Trad. 杜鵑啼血
- lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)
- fig. extreme grief
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
- between laughter and tears
Trad. 啼饑號寒
- hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
