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to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words)
to wail
to cry / to wail
to bawl / to cry / to wail / to howl / also written 號哭|号哭
to bawl, disturbing others
to weep
HSK 7-9
to weep / to snivel
to cry bitterly
to weep endlessly / interminable wailing
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
crybaby
weeping bitter tears
long face; miserable look
to lament / to complain tearfully / to wail accusingly
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  *哭* | 哭* | *哭
to cry; to weep
HSK 2
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
to cry one's heart out
Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
(idiom) to wail; to bawl
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
to wail and whine / piteous weeping
to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor
sound of weeping
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to sob loudly; to bawl
autumnal sadness
to cry loudly
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
to snivel (usually humorous)
sobbing tone / sob / dirge / opera tune portraying mourning
to bawl / to wail / to cry
squeal
to sing instead of weep (idiom)
to weep in sorrow
to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression
variant of 嚎啕大哭
variant of 鬼哭狼嚎


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