掩面而泣

yǎn miàn ér qì

Meaning

to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)

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掩yǎnto cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut扌奄面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension 而érand, and then, and yet; but 泣qìto cry, to sob, to weep氵立