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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「涕泗橫流」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Tears and snot were streaming down his face. Describes extreme sadness.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tì sì héng liú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tai3 si3 waang4 lau4

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