waste away, inconsolable,be bound to,

 waste away, inconsolable

Many of his contemporaries, including artists in the show’s first gallery, acted with comparable resolve. One artist, Ni Yuanlu, hanged himself. Another, Wang Siren, starved himself to death in an extreme gesture of passive resistance. The painter of the bamboo handscroll, Gui Changshi, gave himself over to inconsolable regret at his early diffidence toward imperial service, and he wasted away.

waste away

Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s]


inconsolable
(ĭn'kən-sō'lə-bəl)
adj.
Impossible or difficult to console; despondent: was inconsolable after his pet died.
]〈悲しみなどが〉慰められない（ほどの）；〈人が〉ひどく落胆した. ⇒SAD[類語]

inconsolable grief
慰めようのない悲しみ.

inconsolability in'con·sol'a·bil'i·ty or in'con·sol'a·ble·ness n.
inconsolably in'con·sol'a·bly adv.

bound to, be

Be certain or destined to; also, be determined or resolved to. For example, We are bound to hear from them soon, or No matter what they say, she is bound to run for mayor. This usage is derived from the older sense of bound as "obliged." [Mid-1500s]