以泪洗面
yǐ​lèi​xǐ​miàn

to bathe one's face in tears

  • created sense approved 以泪洗面/以淚洗面 · yǐ​lèi​xǐ​miàn · to bathe one's face in tears — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以泪洗面 / 以淚洗面

    yǐ​lèi​xǐ​miàn

    to bathe one's face in tears

    to be overwhelmed by grief or sadness; literally "to wash one's face with tears"

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 泪 (literal) → 泪/淚 · lèi · tears 洗 (literal) → 洗 · xǐ · to wash 面 (literal) → 面 · miàn · face

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

    created sense