以淚洗面

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	tears	facial cleansing; to wash one's face
trad. (以淚洗面)		以	淚	洗面
simp. (以泪洗面)		以	泪	洗面
Literally: “to wash one's face with tears”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐlèixǐmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ leoi⁶ sai² min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐlèixǐmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐlèisǐmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: i³-lei⁴-hsi³-mien⁴
  - Yale: yǐ-lèi-syǐ-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiileyshiimiann
  - Palladius: илэйсимянь (ilɛjsimjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ leoi⁶ sai² min⁶
  - Yale: yíh leuih sái mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ loey⁶ sai² min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ lêu⁶ sei² min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ lɵy̯²² sɐi̯³⁵ miːn²²/

Idiom

以淚洗面

(figurative) to grieve greatly; to be filled with sorrow

Synonyms

眼淚洗面／眼泪洗面

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