痛心疾首

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Chinese

pained; distressed; grieved to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly
trad. (痛心疾首) 痛心 疾首
simp. #(痛心疾首) 痛心 疾首

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Idiom

痛心疾首

  1. to be deeply sorrowful and intensely grieve for or abhor something