哀毀骨立 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 哀毁骨立 āihuǐgǔlì ㄞ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent idiom Character by character 哀(āi)Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 yándì descended from Shennong 神农 shénnóng Farmer God, also known as Li 厘 lí 毀(huǐ)destroy 骨(gǔ)bone 立(lì)surname Li A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0