When she heard that, she broke into tears.
放声大哭
to sob loudly; to bawl
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Meaning and common use
to sob loudly; to bawl
How 放声大哭 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 放声大哭 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
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Words that keep company with 放声大哭.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 放声大哭.
Directly before
- 闻讯放声大哭1
- 便放声大哭1
- 突然放声大哭1
- 就放声大哭1
Directly after
- 放声大哭起来1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 放声大哭
What does 放声大哭 mean in Chinese?
放声大哭 (fàngshēngdàkū) means to sob loudly; to bawl.
How do you pronounce 放声大哭?
放声大哭 is pronounced fàngshēngdàkū.
Is 放声大哭 an HSK word?
放声大哭 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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