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松口地
眼淚

crocodile tears N

crocodile tears
[复]鳄鱼的眼泪 èyú de yǎnlèi
crocodile tears
假慈悲 jiǎ cíbēi
shed crocodile tears
猫哭老鼠假慈悲

tear1 [tıə] N

tear
眼泪 yǎnlèi
be in tears
在哭泣

I. tear2 <tore; torn> [teə] VB trans

1. tear:

tear
撕 sī
tear
撕破 sīpò
tear
撕碎 sīsuì

2. tear:

tear
(away, off, out, up)撕掉 sīdiào
tear
拉掉 lādiào
I can't tear myself away from the book. fig
我对这本书爱不释手。

tear2 <tore; torn> [teə]

tear down
拆卸 chāixiè
tear down
拆毁 chāihuǐ
tear up
撕毁 sīhuǐ
tear up
撕碎 sīsuì

II. tear2 <tore; torn> [teə] N

tear
撕裂处 sīlièchù
Present
Itear
youtear
he/she/ittears
wetear
youtear
theytear
Past
Iteared
youteared
he/she/itteared
weteared
youteared
theyteared
Present Perfect
Ihaveteared
youhaveteared
he/she/ithasteared
wehaveteared
youhaveteared
theyhaveteared
Past Perfect
Ihadteared
youhadteared
he/she/ithadteared
wehadteared
youhadteared
theyhadteared
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

hopeless tears
绝望的泪水
eyes brimful of tears
充满泪水的眼睛
dissolve in [or into] tears
感动得眼泪汪汪
choke back one's tears
忍住眼泪
shed crocodile tears
猫哭老鼠假慈悲
check one's tears
止住眼泪
forbear from tears
忍住不哭
be in tears
在哭泣
He gulped back his tears.
他忍住泪水。
Tears ran down her face.
泪水顺着她的脸流了下来。
Tears poured down her face.
她泪流满面。
Tears rained down her cheeks.
眼泪不住地顺着她的面颊往下流。
Tears were brimming in her eyes.
她热泪盈眶。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

But his crocodile tears did not fool the police.
news.nationalpost.com
The girls shed a few crocodile tears and move on.
www.koimoi.com
You have no basis whatsover to accuse me of crocodile tears, tonyp.
www.abc.net.au
For crying out loud, crocodile tears about black failure incessantly, bandwagon mentality and race baiting.
www.bbc.co.uk
That's the sound of every '90s child erupting in crocodile tears.
www.glamour.com

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