热泪盈眶 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• eyes brimming with tears of excitement
• extremely moved

Character by character

• 热rèheat, fever, zeal
• 泪lèitears; to cry, to weep
• 盈yíngfull, overflowing; surplus; to fill
• 眶kuàngeye socket; the corner of the eye

Idioms sharing a character

• 冷嘲热讽 lěng cháo rè fěng
• 打得火热 dǎ de huǒ rè
• 水深火热 shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
• 炙手可热 zhì shǒu kě rè
• 热情洋溢 rè qíng yáng yì
• 热火朝天 rè huǒ cháo tiān
• 热血沸腾 rè xuè fèi téng
• 生炒热卖 shēng chǎo rè mài
• 知冷知热 zhī lěng zhī rè
• 酒酣耳热 jiǔ hān ěr rè

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