rú sàng kǎo bǐ
lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom)
fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
如
rú
as
丧
sàng
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
考
kǎo
to check
妣
bǐ
deceased mother
