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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「涕泗交頤」 and how it’s used.

This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「涕泗交頤」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Tears and snot were streaming down my cheeks. Describes mourning and crying.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tì sì jiāo yí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tai3 si3 gaau1 yi4

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.