疾首

疾首

1. (literary) to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly

   • 假寐永嘆，維憂用老。心之憂矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]

     I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
     Through my grief I am growing old.
     My heart is sad; -
     It puts me in pain like a headache.