It can be understood as laughing into tears, smiling bitterly, and being speechless until crying. Of course, it can also be used as an artifact to resolve embarrassment and wordlessness.

Face-covering expression is a popular expression pack on the Internet, which was completed by three or four designers of Tencent's WeChat expression team for nearly five months. The design originated from Stephen Chow Action and was first introduced by Tencent in WeChat chat software in 216.

There are many expressions similar to covering one's face, and all of them have the same thing * * * to cover up the true feelings: just like "laughing and crying", "covering one's face" means "crying and laughing". However, unlike "laughing and crying", "covering your face" focuses more on expressing emotions such as "helplessness" and "embarrassment", which is in line with the habits of contemporary young people who like to ridicule and laugh at themselves.

Extended information:

In September p>218, some netizens found that the expression of "covering your face" commonly used in WeChat chat was applied for registration as a trademark, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens. The staff of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce said that the application for registration of the trademark is still in the objection period, and anyone and company can raise objections. Even if the expression is registered as a trademark, the use of the expression by netizens in the chat process does not constitute trademark infringement.

The archetype of the figure with the expression of covering face: Stephen Chow. In Stephen Chow's films, there are often some exaggerated and funny "covering your face" movements, which are used to express "blinding". There is a Guangdong post-8s designer in the WeChat emoticon production team. He likes Stephen Chow's exaggerated and funny "covering his face" action very much, and he himself is a person who particularly likes to do it. Thus, the expression of "covering your face" made by him personally was born.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Face Covering Expression