This film moved countless viewers to tears of sympathy.
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usage
掬 (jū) means 'to scoop with cupped hands.' The image is of literally 'scooping up a handful of sympathetic tears' — vividly literary. Mostly seen in writing or formal speech.
memory
Parse it as 一掬 (one cupped handful) + 同情之泪 (tears of sympathy) — one handful of tears for someone else's pain.
