掩面而泣 — Chinese idiom
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
Meaning
- to bury one's head in one's hands and weep
Character by character
- 掩yǎnto cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal;
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 泣qìto cry, to sob, to weep
Idioms sharing a character
- 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng
- 东掩西遮 dōng yǎn xī zhē
- 瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú
- 遮遮掩掩 zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
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