男默女淚

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Chinese

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male silent; write from memory female; woman; daughter tears
trad. (男默女淚)
simp. (男默女泪)
Literally: “(upon hearing this story, etc.,) men will go silent and women will shed tears”.

Etymology

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From the following phrase:

[MSC, trad.]
[MSC, simp.]
Nánshēng kàn le huì chén, shēng kàn le huì liúlèi. [Pinyin]
Boys after reading this will go silent, girls after reading this will shed tears.

Shortened to make it resemble a genuine Chinese chengyu (idiom).

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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男默女淚

  1. (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang, humorous, of story, article etc.) tearjerking; heartrending; tragic; sad
    :「今天服裝:『抱歉顧客我們沒有可以穿尺碼。』」
    :「男默女淚。」
    [MSC, trad.]
    :「今天服装:『抱歉顾客我们没有可以穿尺码。』」
    :「男默女泪。」
    [MSC, simp.]
    Jiǎ: “Jīntiān fúzhuāngdiànyuán gēn wǒ shuō: ‘Bàoqiàn, zhè wèi gùkè, wǒmen diàn nèi méiyǒu nín kěyǐ chuān de chǐmǎ.’”
    Yǐ: “Nánmònǚlèi.”
    [Pinyin]
    A: “Today the shopping assistant in a clothes store said to me: ‘Sorry ma'am, we don't have clothes your size in our store.’”
    B: “My sympathy goes out to you.