哀毁骨立

Traditional form:

哀毀骨立

Pinyin (reading):

āihuǐgǔlì

Definitions:

• (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)

Characters:

• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 毁 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up

Traditional characters:

• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 毀 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up