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欲哭无泪
yù​kū​wú​lèi

to feel like weeping but have no tears

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
欲哭无泪 欲哭無淚 yù​kū​wú​lèi
to feel like weeping but have no tears
To want to cry but be unable to find tears; describes a state of extreme grief, frustration, or helplessness.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.090 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.70 per million

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)