"turn on the waterworks" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 开始大哭
• 放声大哭

Definition

突然开始哭泣，通常比较夸张，有时是为了引起同情或注意。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非正式表达，通常指假装或夸张地哭，不只是自然流泪。常用于形容有人用哭泣来博取同情或达到目的，可能带有负面含义。

Examples

When the child didn’t get her toy, she turned on the waterworks.

小女孩没拿到玩具时，**开始大哭**。

He turned on the waterworks after his team lost the game.

在他的球队输掉比赛后，他**放声大哭**。

Don’t turn on the waterworks just because you have to do your homework.

别因为要做作业就**开始大哭**。

Every time he gets in trouble, he knows how to turn on the waterworks and get out of it.

每次他遇到麻烦，他都知道怎么**放声大哭**来脱身。

Wow, she really knows when to turn on the waterworks to get what she wants.

哇，她真的很会在适当的时候**开始大哭**来得到她想要的东西。

As soon as her parents said no, she turned on the waterworks and begged them to change their minds.

父母一说不，她就**开始大哭**，求他们改变主意。