男儿有泪不轻弹

男兒有淚不輕彈
nán'éryǒulèibùqīngtán

A real man does not cry at the drop of a hat just because life is not going his way.

Wiktionary

Homographs

男儿有泪不轻弹 nánéryǒulèibùqīngtán real men do not easily cry (idiom)

Entry Composition

=1 男儿 nánér
  1. a (real) man
  2. boy
  3. son
=1 男儿 nán'ér
  1. (archaic) one's own husband
  2. (literary) son
  3. man; real man
  4. one's own husband
  5. son
=2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=2 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3 泪 lèi (bound form) tears; teardrops
4 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
5 轻 qīng
  1. light
  2. easy
  3. gentle
  4. soft
  5. reckless
  6. unimportant
  7. frivolous
  8. small in number
  9. unstressed
  10. neutral
  11. to disparage
=6 弹 dàn
  1. crossball
  2. bullet
  3. shot
  4. shell
  5. ball
=6 弹 tán
  1. to pluck (a string)
  2. to play (a string instrument)
  3. to spring or leap
  4. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  5. (of cotton) to fluff or tease
  6. to flick
  7. to flip
  8. to accuse
  9. to impeach
  10. elastic (of materials)