Tā zài zhàngfu de líng qián tìsìpāngtuó, āitòng yùjué.
Before her husband's spirit tablet she wept torrents of tears, overcome with grief.
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history
Originates from the Shijing 诗经 (Book of Songs), 陈风·泽陂: 涕泗滂沱 — a portrait of love-sickness so intense that tears (涕 tì) and nasal mucus (泗 sì) pour down like a downpour (滂沱 pāngtuó).
memory
Break it apart: 涕 = tears, 泗 = nasal flow, 滂沱 = a torrential downpour. Together: tears falling like rain. Highly literary — never use this for ordinary crying; reserve it for grief or scenes of devastation.
