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Open the tool →干啼湿哭 (gān tí shī kū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cry and wail incessantly, whether with tears or without”.
干啼湿哭 is pronounced gān tí shī kū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 干啼湿哭 means “dry weeping, wet crying”. It is used to mean “to cry and wail incessantly, whether with tears or without”.
干啼:没有眼泪地啼哭。湿哭:有眼泪地啼哭。无泪和有泪地哭。①形容哭哭啼啼。②也泛指因苦楚而呈现的各种表情。亦作“湿哭干啼”。