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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• 眼淚洗面／眼泪洗面