zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ. 1 to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom) English - Chinese Dictionary | Meaning of 鸣叫 [鳴叫] in English: to emit a sound, (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc, (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound | ChinesePod.com.