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热泪盈眶

rè lèi yíng kuàng

HSK 6 4-character word Traditional 熱淚盈眶

What 热泪盈眶 means

1. eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)
2. extremely moved

The characters in 热泪盈眶

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 泪lèi(bound form) tears; teardrops
• 盈yíngfull; filled; surplus
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng

Example sentences

• 她热泪盈眶。
  Tā rèlèiyíngkuàng.
  Tears filled her eyes.
• 他热泪盈眶。
  His eyes were brimming over with tears.