ér

洏

Character · Bound

used in 涟洏; tears streaming

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

bound

used in 涟洏; flowing tears; tearful streaming

literary

Classical/literary term describing tears flowing down the face. Almost exclusively used in the compound 涟洏 or the idiom 涕泗涟洏.

Dú读
dào到
gǎn感
rén人
zhī之
chù处
 ，
tā他
bù不
jīn禁
tì涕
sì泗
lián涟
ér洏
 。

Reading the moving passage, he couldn't help shedding tears.

Jiù旧
yǒu友
chóng重
féng逢
 ，
xiāng相
gù顾
lián涟
ér洏
 。

Old friends met again, looking at each other with tears streaming down.

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Mǔ母
qīn亲
lín临
zhōng终
qián前
 ，
zǐ子
nǚ女
men们
gè个
gè个
lián涟
ér洏
 。

As their mother lay dying, each of her children wept with tears flowing.