◎ 涕泗滂沱 tìsì-pángtuó[let loose a banquet of brine] 滂沱:雨下得很大的样子。流眼泪鼻涕像下大雨一样。形容哭得很伤心-----------------国语辞典:滂沱,雨势盛大。涕泗滂沱指鼻涕眼泪流得像下大雨一样。语出《诗经.陈风.泽陂》:「有美一人,伤如之何!寤寐无为,涕泗滂沱。」形容哭得很伤心。《南史.卷七.梁武帝本纪下》:「月中再设净馔,每至展拜,涕泗滂沱,哀动左右。」英语 a flood of tears and mucus, broken-hearted and weeping bitterly