泪流满面

淚流滿面

lèiliúmǎnmiàn

phrase #28,303

Meanings

1 cheeks streaming with tears
2 face covered in tears
3 to be in floods of tears

Characters

to flow; to stream

full; filled with

Examples

听到这个消息，她泪流满面，说不出话来。

Tīng dào zhège xiāoxi, tā lèi liú mǎn miàn, shuō bu chū huà lái.

Upon hearing the news, she was in floods of tears and couldn't speak.

电影结尾感人至深，观众们纷纷泪流满面。

Diànyǐng jiéwěi gǎnrén zhìshēn, guānzhòng men fēnfēn lèi liú mǎn miàn.

The ending of the film was deeply moving, and audiences were streaming with tears.

Tips

memory

A very vivid image: 泪 (tears) 流 (flowing) 满 (filling/all over) 面 (face). Picture tears not just falling but flooding the entire face — expresses overwhelming emotion.

Stroke Order

泪 lèi

流 liú

满 mǎn

面 miàn