欲哭無淚

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to cry; to weep	not have	tears
trad. (欲哭無淚)		欲	哭	無	淚
simp. (欲哭无泪)		欲	哭	无	泪

欲哭無淚

so grieved, sorrowful, frustrated, etc. that one is unable to produce tears even though he or she wants to cry

Dialectal synonyms of 欲哭無淚 (“so grieved or frustrated that one is unable to produce tears even though he or she wants to cry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		欲哭無淚
Mandarin	Taiwan	欲哭無淚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	欲哭無淚
Min Nan	Tainan	欲哭無目屎

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