To suffer immensely; to go through extreme agony, often to the point of near-death and then recovery.
她听到那个噩耗后，整个人都崩溃了，哭得真是一佛出世，二佛升天，几乎失去了知觉。
After hearing the terrible news, she completely broke down, crying so intensely that she felt as if she had gone through the cycle of 'one Buddha is born, two Buddhas ascend to heaven,' almost losing consciousness.
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