In this paper it is argued that the Descriptive Complement Construction in Chinese can be understood as pseudocleft structures, in which the subject is a headless relative containing a null nominal head with reference to event properties whereas the descriptive adjectival phrase serves as the main predicate. By treating the verbal suffix de as a gerund head, relevant phenomena to the internal structure of the headless relative (e.g., object fronting and verb copying) can be explained in a systematic manner. This novel approach has implications for both gerundive nominalization in Chinese and the existence of "adjunct-oriented" headless relatives with complementary interpretive characteristics to ordinary "argument-oriented" headless relatives in this language.