杜鹃啼血
dù juān tí xuè
Pinyin

Definition

杜鹃啼血
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dù juān tí xuè
  1. the cuckoo cries blood
  2. fig. plaintive lament

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]
血液
xuè yè
  1. 1 blood
一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
充血
chōng xuè
  1. 1 hyperemia (increase in blood flow)
  2. 2 blood congestion
冷血
lěng xuè
  1. 1 cold-blood
  2. 2 cold-blooded (animal)
出血
chū xuè
  1. 1 to bleed
  2. 2 bleeding
  3. 3 (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
吸血
xī xiě
  1. 1 to suck blood
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
哭哭啼啼
kū ku tí tí
  1. 1 to weep endlessly
  2. 2 interminable wailing
啼
tí
  1. 1 to cry
  2. 2 to weep aloud
  3. 3 to crow
  4. 4 to hoot
喋血
dié xuè
  1. 1 bloodbath
  2. 2 carnage
心血
xīn xuè
  1. 1 heart's blood
  2. 2 expenditure (for some project)
  3. 3 meticulous care
心血管
xīn xuè guǎn
  1. 1 cardiovascular
抽血
chōu xuè
  1. 1 to take blood
  2. 2 to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
放血
fàng xuè
  1. 1 to let blood (Chinese medicine)
  2. 2 to bleed
  3. 3 to stab sb (slang)
杜
Dù
  1. 1 surname Du
杜仲
dù zhòng
  1. 1 eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
杜甫
Dù Fǔ
  1. 1 Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
杜绝
dù jué
  1. 1 to put an end to
杜蕾斯
Dù lěi sī
  1. 1 Durex, a condom brand name

Idioms (20)

一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
  1. 1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè
  1. 1 lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
  2. 2 to work one's heart out
  3. 3 blood, sweat and tears
歃血为盟
shà xuè wéi méng
  1. 1 to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom)
  2. 2 to swear a sacred oath
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
浴血苦战
yù xuè kǔ zhàn
  1. 1 a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
热血沸腾
rè xuè fèi téng
  1. 1 to be fired up (idiom)
  2. 2 to have one's blood racing
狗血喷头
gǒu xiě pēn tóu
  1. 1 torrent of abuse (idiom)
狗血淋头
gǒu xuè lín tóu
  1. 1 lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. torrent of abuse
腥风血雨
xīng fēng xuè yǔ
  1. 1 lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. reign of terror
  3. 3 carnage
血口喷人
xuè kǒu pēn rén
  1. 1 to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander
  2. 2 malicious attacks
血本无归
xuè běn wú guī
  1. 1 to lose everything one invested (idiom)
  2. 2 to lose one's shirt
血气之勇
xuè qì zhī yǒng
  1. 1 the courage born of stirred emotions (idiom)
血气方刚
xuè qì fāng gāng
  1. 1 full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
血流成河
xuè liú chéng hé
  1. 1 rivers of blood (idiom)
  2. 2 bloodbath
血流漂杵
xuè liú piāo chǔ
  1. 1 enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
  2. 2 blood bath

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