The Chinese word 流泪 (liúlèi), meaning "to shed tears", is a verb formed through a straightforward verb-object grammatical construction. It combines the character 流 (liú), which means "to flow" or "to stream", with the character 泪 (lèi), which means "tears". In this compound, the first character acts as the action, and the second character is the direct object of that action, literally creating the vivid image of "tears flowing". This method of word formation is highly common in Chinese for creating precise and descriptive action words.