痛不欲生
tòngbú-yùshēng
grieved to the point of wanting to die
Every meaning
tòngbù-yùshēng
- grieved to the point of wanting to die
Its characters
- 痛tòngpain; ache
- 不bùnot; no
- 欲yùdesire; longing (as in 欲望)
- 生shēngto give birth to; to bear
Words with 痛
Words with 不
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.