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Open the tool →肚里泪下 (dù lǐ lèi xià) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to shed tears inwardly”.
肚里泪下 is pronounced dù lǐ lèi xià in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 肚里泪下 means “Tears fall in the belly”. It is used to mean “to shed tears inwardly”.
眼泪往肚里流。形容有苦说不出。