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Open the tool →被发附膺 (bèi fā fù yīng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to dishevel one's hair and beat one's chest”.
被发附膺 is pronounced bèi fā fù yīng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 被发附膺 means “Dishevelled hair and beating the chest”. It is used to mean “to dishevel one's hair and beat one's chest”.
被:通“披”,散乱;附膺:拍胸。披散头发捶拍胸脯。形容十分悲愤痛心