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tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
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  *泪* | 泪* | *泪
(bound form) tears; teardrops
HSK 4
pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
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  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
HSK 7-9
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  *轘* | 轘* | *轘
to tear between chariots (as punishment)
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to tear / to rip
heartbreaking; tear-jerking
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
HSK 7-9
tearful eyes; to be moved to tears
(Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
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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 sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
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  *淌* | 淌* | *淌
to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears)
HSK 7-9
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. 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
tear gas
to tear; to rip apart
to tear to shreds
to be on the verge of tears
teardrop; tear
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  *撕* | 撕* | *撕
to tear
HSK 7-9
crocodile tears
to cry out loud without tears
to cry out loud without tears
to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen
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  *哧* | 哧* | *哧
(onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved
phony mercy / sham benevolence / crocodile tears
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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
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
to tear up / to tear to pieces
(slang) (lit.) to tear cunt / (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight / to have a bitch fight
to shed tears / to be all in tears
tear apart
to tear up / to rip up / too shred
in floods of tears (idiom)
weeping bitter tears
to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
to shed tears
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley
lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
to shed tears / to weep
tear bomb / tear-gas grenade
hot tears
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to shed silent tears (idiom)
durable / proof against wear and tear
tear-jerker (movie)
crying tears of joy (idiom)
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
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  *涕* | 涕* | *涕
tears / nasal mucus
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
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
(neologism) easily moved to tears
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  *夷* | 夷* | *夷
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear / to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc) / (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)
to shed tears / to weep
tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
tear stains
to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
to lift open / to tear open
to shed tears
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
tears / teardrops
with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
to shed tears
lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
to remove / to tear off
tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears
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  *揾* | 揾* | *揾
(literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak

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