疾首 [－－]

Jyutping zat6 sau2
Pinyin jí shǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. extremely angry
  2. infuriated
  3. enraged
  4. headache caused by anger
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly
    • 假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
      Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]
      I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
      Through my grief I am growing old.
      假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
      Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]
      I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
      Through my grief I am growing old.
      Ｍｙ ｈｅａｒｔ ｉｓ ｓａｄ ； －
      It puts me in pain like a headache.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢一日一日咁变坏，令到父母痛心疾首。
    佢一日一日咁變壞，令到父母痛心疾首。
    keoi5 jat1 jat6 jat1 jat6 gam2 bin3 waai6, ling6 dou3 fu6 mou5 tung3 sam1 zat6 sau2.
    • His behaving worse and worse makes his parents deeply desperate.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionJiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;Through my grief I am growing old.
    假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionJiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;Through my grief I am growing old.
    Ｍｙ ｈｅａｒｔ ｉｓ ｓａｄ ； －
    • It puts me in pain like a headache.