lèi shuǐ
larme; larme
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她忍不住流下了泪水。
tā rěn bù zhù liú xiàle lèi shuǐ.
She couldn't help but shed tears.
泪水模糊了他的双眼。
lèi shuǐ mó hu le tā de shuāng yǎn.
Tears blurred his vision.
他用袖子擦去脸上的泪水。
tā yòng xiù zi cā qù liǎn shang de lèi shuǐ.
He wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve.
欢笑 (huān xiào)
laughter
喜悦 (xǐ yuè)
joy
The Chinese word 泪水 (lèishuǐ) for "tears" is composed of two characters: 泪 (lèi) meaning "tear" and 水 (shuǐ) meaning "water". The character 泪 is a pictograph depicting a drop of water falling from an eye. The character 水 is a simple ideograph representing water. Together, the two characters 泪水 form a compound word that literally means "tear water". This compound word is used to refer to tears, both in the physical sense and in the figurative sense of emotional tears.
