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Definition(s) for: 男儿有泪不轻弹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
男儿有泪不轻弹 nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán - real men do not easily cry (idiom)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 85,333 57,619

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
nán- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
rén- variant of 人[ren2]
- "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
ér- child
- son
r- non-syllabic diminutive suffix
- retroflex final
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
lèi- (bound form) tears; teardrops
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
qīng- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage
dàn- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
tán- to pluck (a string)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to spring or leap
- to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
- (of cotton) to fluff or tease
- to flick
- to flip
- to accuse
- to impeach
- elastic (of materials)

Other Words Containing 男儿有泪不轻弹

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo