呼天搶地

(idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)

to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale

variant of 呼[hu1] / to shout / to call out

day / sky / heaven

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary

to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]