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饮泣

Word · VerbTraditional飲泣

weep bitterly; shed tears of grief

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to weep bitterly; to shed tears of extreme grief (literary: tears streaming into the mouth)

literary

Literary expression indicating extreme sorrow, often used in written Chinese to describe someone crying so hard that tears stream down into their mouth.

Tīng听
dào到
mǔ母
qīn亲
qù去
shì世
de的
xiāo消
xi息
 ,
tā他
zhěng整
yè夜
yǐn饮
qì泣
bù不
zhǐ止
 。

Hearing the news of his mother's death, he wept bitterly all night long.

Tā她
duǒ躲
zài在
jiǎo角
luò落
lǐ里
yǐn饮
qì泣
 ,
bù不
gǎn敢
ràng让
rén人
kàn看
jiàn见
 。

She hid in the corner weeping, not daring to let others see her.

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Miàn面
duì对
lí离
bié别
 ,
liǎng两
rén人
xiāng相
duì对
yǐn饮
qì泣
 。

Facing separation, the two wept facing each other.