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Here, we present the idiom 「淚如雨下」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Tears flowed down like rain. Describes extreme grief or fear.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lèi rú yǔ xià
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
leui6 yu4 yu5 ha6
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