| 男儿有泪不轻弹 |
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán |
real men do not easily cry (idiom) |
| 男 |
nán |
(bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位 |
| 男儿 |
nán ér |
a (real) man / boy / son |
| 儿 |
ér |
child / son |
| 儿 |
r |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |
| 有 |
yǒu |
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) |
| 泪 |
lèi |
(bound form) tears; teardrops |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 轻 |
qīng |
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage |
| 弹 |
dàn |
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball |
| 弹 |
tán |
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) |