(idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
trad. 捶胸頓足
Also written 捶胸頓足【chuí xiōng dùn zú】
Characters in this word
4捶
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to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 29445 of 2500
胸
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variant of 胸[xiong1]
- Pinyin
- xiōng
- Traditional
- 胷
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 6544 of 2500
顿
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to stop, to pause, to arrange, to lay out, to kowtow, to stamp (one's foot), at once, classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- Pinyin
- dùn
- Traditional
- 頓
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 3290 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500