"Crying" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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眼泪 yǎn lèi tears / crying / CL:滴[di1]
鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi demons and gods at work (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
唉唉 āi āi (onom.) sighing voice / crying sound
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
哇 wā Wow! / sound of child's crying / sound of vomiting
呱 gū crying sound of child
替古人担忧 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
替古人耽忧 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
血债累累 xuè zhài lěi lěi debts of blood crying out for retribution
覆水难收 fù shuǐ nán shōu spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
哇哇 wā wā sound of crying
喜极而泣 xǐ jí ér qì crying tears of joy (idiom)
旷野呼声 kuàng yě hū shēng a voice crying in the wilderness, Isaiah, 40:3
眼皮哭肿 yǎn pí kū zhǒng to have eyelids swollen from crying / very unhappy (idiom)
神差鬼使 shén chāi guǐ shǐ the work of gods and devils (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
贼喊捉贼 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
呱呱 gū gū (onom.) the crying of a baby / Taiwan pr. [wa1 wa1]
泪人 lèi rén person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
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