热泪盈眶

热泪盈眶 rèlèiyíngkuàng

Eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved†

热泪盈眶 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體 熱淚盈眶 releiyingkuang

What 热泪盈眶 means

  1. Eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)†
  2. extremely moved†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 热泪盈眶, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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热泪盈眶 is written with 4 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

热
rè
Hot (heat - warm up)
泪
lèi
Tear (shed tears)
盈
yíng
Fill (increase - full - have surplus - profit)
眶
kuàng
Eye socket

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热泪盈眶 in a sentence

听到这个消息,他热泪盈眶。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā rè lèi yíng kuàng.
At the news his eyes brimmed with tears.
母亲看着他,热泪盈眶。
Mǔqīn kànzhe tā, rè lèi yíng kuàng.
His mother looked at him, her eyes full of tears.

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Questions about 热泪盈眶

What does 热泪盈眶 mean in English?

热泪盈眶 is pronounced rèlèiyíngkuàng and means Eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom), extremely moved †.

How do you pronounce 热泪盈眶?

热泪盈眶 is rèlèiyíngkuàng in pinyin — written releiyingkuang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 热泪盈眶?

热泪盈眶 is written with 4 characters: 热 (rè) Hot (heat - warm up), 泪 (lèi) Tear (shed tears), 盈 (yíng) Fill (increase - full - have surplus - profit), 眶 (kuàng) Eye socket. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 热泪盈眶 written in traditional Chinese?

熱淚盈眶. The simplified form 热泪盈眶 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 熱淚盈眶 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced rèlèiyíngkuàng.

Is 热泪盈眶 an HSK word?

Yes — 热泪盈眶 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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