淚如雨下

Chinese

		tears	as (if); such as	rain	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (淚如雨下)		淚	如	雨	下
simp. (泪如雨下)		泪	如	雨	下
Literally: “tears falling like rain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèirúyǔxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ jyu⁴ jyu⁵ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèirúyǔxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèirúyǔsià
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-ju²-yü³-hsia⁴
    • Yale: lèi-rú-yǔ-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyruyeushiah
    • Palladius: лэйжуюйся (lɛjžujujsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ jyu⁴ jyu⁵ haa⁶
    • Yale: leuih yùh yúh hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ jy⁴ jy⁵ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ yu⁴ yu⁵ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² jyː²¹ jyː¹³ haː²²/

Idiom

淚如雨下

1. to cry profusely