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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

眼泪 [yǎnlèi]
  1. 1. noun tear

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

眼泪 [yǎnlèi]
  1. 1. tears
    眼泪
    shed tears

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

眼泪 [yǎnlèi]
  1. 1. 泪液的通称。

Examples

不由自主地流下了眼泪
cannot help shedding tears; be unable to hold back one's tears; shed tears in spite of oneself
她两行眼泪簌簌地垂落下来。
Tears streamed down her cheeks.
掉下几滴眼泪
shed a few tears
眼泪夺眶而出。
Tears started from one's eyes.
感动得流下眼泪
be moved to tears
她咯咯地笑个不停,眼泪都笑出来了。
She chuckled herself to tears.
眼泪
wipe one's eyes; be weeping
他就是这么婆婆妈妈的,动不动就掉眼泪
He's such a sissy he easily breaks down and cries.
眼泪扑簌簌地往下掉。
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
听着她讲身世,很多人的眼泪噗噜噜地直往下掉。
Tears trickled down the faces of many listeners when she told her story.

Word Decomposition


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Related Measure Words

  [chuàn] |  一串眼泪
  [dī] |  一滴眼泪
  [háng] |  一行眼泪
  [wāng] |  一汪眼泪

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