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Open the tool →街号巷哭 (jiē hào xiàng kū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Wailing and crying in the streets and alleys”.
街号巷哭 is pronounced jiē hào xiàng kū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 街号巷哭 means “streets wail alleys cry; wailing and crying in the streets and alleys”. It is used to mean “Wailing and crying in the streets and alleys”.
号哭于大街小巷。形容悲痛至极。