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  *泪* | 泪* | *泪
(bound form) tears; teardrops
HSK 4
tear; teardrop / CL:
HSK 4
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
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  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
pearl (CL:顆|颗,) / (fig.) teardrop; tear
HSK 5
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
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  *撕* | 撕* | *撕
to tear
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
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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
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
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
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  *淌* | 淌* | *淌
to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears)
HSK 7-9
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  *扯* | 扯* | *扯
variant of / to pull / to tear
HSK 7-9
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to tear to shreds
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley
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  *哧* | 哧* | *哧
(onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
to tear; to rip apart
to shed tears / to weep
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen
(of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
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
tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
teardrop; tear
hot tears
gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
tears in the eyes
durable / proof against wear and tear
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涕* | 涕* | *涕
tears / nasal mucus
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揾* | 揾* | *揾
(literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak
very slight sound / rustling (onom.) / to stream down (of tears) / luxuriant growth (of vegetation)
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
weeping bitter tears
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
to tear up / to rip up / too shred
to tear apart
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擘* | 擘* | *擘
thumb / to break / to tear / to pierce / to split
to tear / to rip
person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
to shed tears
to shed silent tears (idiom)
tearful / brimming with tears
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to shed tears
to shed tears / to be all in tears
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
to be full of (emotion); to brim with (love, tears etc)
to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to lift open / to tear open
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攋* | 攋* | *攋
to destroy / to rip / to tear open
splinter / chip / tear (split in a surface) / lobe
lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
tears / teardrops
eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to demolish; to tear down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捩* | 捩* | *捩
tear / twist
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
to cry out loud without tears
to weep / to shed tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汍* | 汍* | *汍
shed tears
crocodile tears
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轘* | 轘* | *轘
to tear between chariots (as punishment)
tear bomb / tear-gas grenade
to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洏* | 洏* | *洏
to flow (as water or tears)
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
wear and tear / to wear away over time
to tear up / to tear to pieces
fish-like person in Chinese folklore whose tears turn into pearls
(slang) (lit.) to tear cunt / (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight / to have a bitch fight
to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away
tear apart
to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears
to shed a tear
to remove / to tear off
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
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
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
crying tears of joy (idiom)
tearful eyes; to be moved to tears
wear and tear
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
to shed tears
tear gas
phony mercy / sham benevolence / crocodile tears

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