| 哭 |
kū tiān mǒ lèi | to wail and whine / piteous weeping |
| 哭 |
kū | to cry; to weep |
| 天 |
tiān | day / sky / heaven |
| 抹 |
mā | to wipe |
| 抹 |
mǒ | to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc |
| 抹 |
mò | to plaster / to go around / to skirt |
| 抹 |
mǒ lèi | to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears |
| 泪 |
lèi | (bound form) tears; teardrops |