{"path":"/entry/64717","title":"涕泗滂沱 (tì sì pāng tuó) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"涕泗滂沱 (tì sì pāng tuó): a flood of tears and mucus. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":64717,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["涕泗滂沱"],"TRADITIONAL":["涕泗滂沱"]}},"phonetic":"tì sì pāng tuó","phoneticKey":"ti4 si4 pang1 tuo2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a flood of tears and mucus","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"broken-hearted and weeping bitterly","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","ADJECTIVE"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"streaming tears and running nose","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 145 (《詩經·陳風·澤陂》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"有美一人，伤如之何。\n寤寐无为，涕泗滂沱。","traditional":"有美一人，傷如之何。\n寤寐無為，涕泗滂沱。"},"phonetic":"Yǒu měi yīrén, shāng rúzhīhé.\nWùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó.","english":"There is the beautiful lady; I am tortured for her, but what avails it?\nWaking or sleeping, I do nothing; From my eyes and nose the water streams.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}