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  *淚* | 淚* | *淚
(bound form) tears; teardrops
HSK 4
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
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  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
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  *撕* | 撕* | *撕
to tear
HSK 7-9
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
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  *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 suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
HSK 7-9
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  *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
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
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  *淌* | 淌* | *淌
to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears)
HSK 7-9
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  *撦* | 撦* | *撦
variant of / to pull / to tear
HSK 7-9
teardrop; tear
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
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  *搵* | 搵* | *搵
(literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak
to tear up / to tear to pieces
gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away
to shed tears / to weep
to lift open / to tear open
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
to tear; to rip apart
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
wear and tear
tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攋* | 攋* | *攋
to destroy / to rip / to tear open
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
to be full of (emotion); to brim with (love, tears etc)
crying tears of joy (idiom)
tears in the eyes
hot tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擘* | 擘* | *擘
thumb / to break / to tear / to pierce / to split
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
tears / teardrops
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved
fish-like person in Chinese folklore whose tears turn into pearls
to shed tears
to shed silent tears (idiom)
to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears
(anatomy) lacrimal punctum / (literary) tears / (neologism c. 2015) the point at which one is moved to tears
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
to demolish; to tear down
to shed tears
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to shed tears / to be all in tears
tearful / brimming with tears
to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
weeping bitter tears
tear gas
durable / proof against wear and tear
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
tear duct
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
to tear up / to rip up / too shred
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捩* | 捩* | *捩
tear / twist
to tear / to rip
tear apart
to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus)
tear stains
lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
to shed tears
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
to tear to shreds
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley
to cry out loud without tears
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  *涕* | 涕* | *涕
tears / nasal mucus
tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
crocodile tears
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to tear apart
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
wear and tear / to wear away over time
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汍* | 汍* | *汍
shed tears
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  *轘* | 轘* | *轘
to tear between chariots (as punishment)
to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
to cry out loud without tears
to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment)
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  *洏* | 洏* | *洏
to flow (as water or tears)
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
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
to shed tears / to weep
to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
heartbreaking; tear-jerking

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