杜鹃啼血 — “To mourn with extreme sorrow”
杜鹃啼血 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mourn with extreme sorrow”. To weep tears of blood (metaphorically for intense grief). Literally, “Cuckoo weeping blood”.
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杜鹃啼血 Pronunciation and Pinyin
杜鹃啼血 Character Breakdown
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听到挚友不幸离世的消息，他感到杜鹃啼血般的悲痛。
Upon hearing the news of his close friend's unfortunate passing, he felt a profound sorrow, as if a cuckoo crying blood.
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Synonyms of 杜鹃啼血
More idioms starting with 杜
- dù杜kǒu口tūn吞shēng声keep silent due to fear or resentment
- dù杜kǒu口wú无yán言keep silent and say nothing
- dù杜kǒu口mù木shé舌keep silent and speechless
- dù杜kǒu口jié结shé舌struck dumb; speechless
- dù杜kǒu口jué绝shé舌rendered speechless
- dù杜kǒu口jué绝yán言keep silent and refuse to speak
- dù杜kǒu口guǒ裹zú足silenced and immobilized by apprehension
- dù杜bì弊qīng清yuán源eliminate malpractices and purify the source
- dù杜wēi微shèn慎fáng防nip trouble in the bud
- dù杜duàn断fáng房móu谋resourceful in strategy and decisive in action
- dù杜jiàn渐fáng防wēi微nip evil in the bud
- dù杜jiān渐fáng防méng萌nip evil in the bud
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What does 杜鹃啼血 mean?
杜鹃啼血 (dù juān tí xuè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mourn with extreme sorrow”.
How do you pronounce 杜鹃啼血?
杜鹃啼血 is pronounced dù juān tí xuè in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 杜鹃啼血 literally mean?
Literally, 杜鹃啼血 means “Cuckoo weeping blood”. It is used to mean “to mourn with extreme sorrow”.
What is the Chinese definition of 杜鹃啼血?
传说杜鹃昼夜悲鸣，啼至血出乃止。常用以形容哀痛之极。