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泪

lèi · lei

Traditional 淚

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. tears
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Chopping onions

  1. Dengdeng

    我的(wǒde)眼睛(yǎnjing)好疼(hǎoténg)，都(dōu)流(liú)泪(lèi)了(le)！

    My eyes hurt a lot. I'm even shedding tears!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么了(zěnmele)？看(kàn)电影(diànyǐng)看哭(kànkū)了(le)吗(ma)？

    What's wrong? Did you cry at a movie?

  3. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)，我(wǒ)在(zài)切(qiē)洋葱(yángcōng)，泪(lèi)一直(yīzhí)流(liú)。

    No, I'm cutting onions and the tears keep flowing.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)把(bǎ)洋葱(yángcōng)放(fàng)在(zài)水里(shuǐlǐ)切(qiē)。

    Then cut the onion in water.

  5. Dengdeng

    有用(yǒuyòng)！我(wǒ)不(bù)流(liú)泪(lèi)了(le)。

    It works! I'm not shedding tears anymore.

  6. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你的(nǐde)眼镜(yǎnjìng)全是(quánshì)水(shuǐ)。

    But your glasses are full of water.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)看(kàn)得(de)见(jiàn)我(wǒ)打(dǎ)在(zài)萤(yíng)幕(mù)上(shàng)的(de)字(zì)，却(què)看(kàn)不(bu)到(dào)我(wǒ)掉(diào)在(zài)键(jiàn)盘(pán)上(shàng)的(de)泪(lèi)。

You see the words that I typed on the screen, but you don't see the tears that I shed over the keyboard.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by sacredceltic · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(gè)好(hǎo)消(xiāo)息(xi)，她(tā)激(jī)动(dòng)得(de)流(liú)下(xià)了(le)泪(lèi)。

Hearing the good news, she was so moved that tears streamed down her face.

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