yī​zì​yī​lèi

each word is a teardrop

  • created sense approved 一字一泪/一字一淚 · yī​zì​yī​lèi · each word is a teardrop — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一字一泪 / 一字一淚

    yī​zì​yī​lèi

    each word is a teardrop

    describing written work that is extremely moving and full of pathos or written with great sorrow

    一字 (literal) → 一字 · yī​zì · single character 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · each 泪 (literal) → 泪/淚 · lèi · tears

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 一字一泪/一字一淚 · yī​zì​yī​lèi · weeping as one speaks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一字一泪 / 一字一淚

    yī​zì​yī​lèi

    weeping as one speaks

    describing a person shedding tears with every word spoken when recounting something heartbreaking

    一字 (literal) → 一字 · yī​zì · single character 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · each 泪 (literal) → 泪/淚 · lèi · tears

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense