一哭二鬧三上吊

to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to cry / to weep

to cry; to weep

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke

three / 3

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

to hang oneself

to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person

a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]