涕泪交流 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• tears and mucus flowing profusely ; weeping tragically

Character by character

• 涕tìtears; mucus
• 泪lèitears; to cry, to weep
• 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;
• 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Idioms sharing a character

• 感激涕零 gǎn jī tì líng
• 拾人涕唾 shí rén tì tuò
• 涕泪交加 tì lèi jiāo jiā
• 破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào
• 一字一泪 yī zì yī lèi
• 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
• 泪如雨下 lèi rú yǔ xià
• 泪水涟涟 lèi shuǐ lián lián
• 泪流满面 lèi liú mǎn miàn
• 泪眼婆娑 lèi yǎn pó suō

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