掩面而泣 [
yǎn miàn ér qì]
cover one's face and weep
put one's finger in one's eye
- 天完全黑了,可怜的姑娘掩面而泣,不知道去哪里寻找走失的妹妹。
It was completely dark, and the poor girl cried with her face covered, not knowing where to find her lost sister. - 你是否大声怒喝,为你的街坊邻里着急不安,还是独自坐下默默掩面而泣?
Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry ? - 在其后举行的记者会上,掩面而泣的教练孙海平说,刘翔为了争取在北京奥运卫冕,忍受了无尽的脚跟伤痛。
Weeping at a press conference, coach Sun Haiping said Liu had endured untold pain to try to defend his Olympic title in spite of an injury to his Achilles tendon.