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pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
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  *淚* | 淚* | *淚
(bound form) tears; teardrops
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轘* | 轘* | *轘
to tear between chariots (as punishment)
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
to tear / to rip
to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen
to lift open / to tear open
heartbreaking; tear-jerking
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out
to shed a tear
to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扯* | 扯* | *扯
to pull / to tear / (of cloth, thread etc) to buy / to chat / to gossip / (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous / hokey
HSK 7-9
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
tear gas
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淌* | 淌* | *淌
to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears)
HSK 7-9
lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears
(neologism) easily moved to tears
to tear; to rip apart
to tear to shreds
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撕* | 撕* | *撕
to tear
HSK 7-9
hot tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哧* | 哧* | *哧
(onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
HSK 7-9
to demolish; to tear down
to cry out loud without tears
to shed tears
to shed tears
phony mercy / sham benevolence / crocodile tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扒* | 扒* | *扒
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
HSK 7-9
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
(slang) (lit.) to tear cunt / (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight / to have a bitch fight
to tear up / to tear to pieces
tears falling like rain (idiom)
tear apart
weeping bitter tears
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
wear and tear / to wear away over time
tearful eyes; to be moved to tears
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
to shed silent tears (idiom)
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
to be on the verge of tears
lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
to shed tears / to weep
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
tears in the eyes
to shed tears / to weep
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
tear duct
tear-jerker (movie)
tear bomb / tear-gas grenade
crying tears of joy (idiom)
durable / proof against wear and tear
to shed tears / to be all in tears
same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death
to shed tears
to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus)
to tear apart
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涕* | 涕* | *涕
tears / nasal mucus
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夷* | 夷* | *夷
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
tears / teardrops
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away
to tear up / to rip up / too shred
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
(anatomy) lacrimal punctum / (literary) tears / (neologism c. 2015) the point at which one is moved to tears
tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears
teardrop; tear
crocodile tears
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
to remove / to tear off
lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
wear and tear
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved
to shed tears
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
fish-like person in Chinese folklore whose tears turn into pearls

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