泪水

• 拼音: lèi shuǐ
• 汉字拆解: 泪 = 氵(water) + 目 (eye); 水 = pictograph of flowing water

含义

Tears; teardrops. A slightly more literary or emphatic way to say tears, often used in emotional or written contexts.

Compared to the everyday 眼泪, 泪水 carries a more emotional or literary tone. It is commonly found in novels, news reports, and speeches to describe tears in a more vivid or dramatic way. Often collocates with verbs like 流下, 模糊, 止不住.

例句

1. 她的泪水模糊了眼睛，什么都看不清了。
2. 听到那个好消息，他激动得泪水直流。
3. 别让泪水影响你的判断，冷静想一想。

用法指南

语境: literature, emotion, speeches

语气: emotional

正确说法

• 她的泪水打湿了枕头。(Her tears soaked the pillow.)
• 泪水止不住地往下流。(The tears kept flowing down uncontrollably.)

错误说法

• 切洋葱的时候泪水很多 (For physical/non-emotional tearing, use 眼泪 — 泪水 implies emotional weight and sounds odd for onion-cutting)

起源与历史

A compound of 泪 (tear) and 水 (water), reinforcing the liquid nature of tears. The doubling of the water concept gives the word a more vivid, expressive quality.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal