內牛滿面

Chinese

phonetic phonetic one's whole face
trad. (內牛滿面) 滿面
simp. (内牛满面) 满面

Etymology

The idiom 淚流滿面泪流满面 (lèiliúmǎnmiàn, “tears flowing all over one's face”) as spoken by someone speaking a Chinese dialect with n-l initial merger.

Pronunciation


Phrase

內牛滿面

  1. (Mandarin, neologism, slang, humorous) to be so moved or excited that there are tears streaming down one's face [from 2010s]