tears falling onto the sleeve
Poetic or literary expression for weeping, where tears wet the sleeve. Often used in classical poetry and emotional contexts.
On the morning of parting, the tears on my sleeve had no time to dry.
Compound of 袖 (sleeve) and 露 (dew), literally 'sleeve dew'. The phrase metaphorically likens tears on a sleeve to dew, a common image in classical Japanese poetry.