lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom); fig. extreme grief
trad. 杜鵑啼血
Also written 杜鵑啼血【dù juān tí xuè】
Characters in this word
4杜
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surname Du
- Pinyin
- Dù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5311 of 2500
鹃
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cuckoo
- Pinyin
- juān
- Traditional
- 鵑
- Strokes
- 12
啼
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(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly, (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
- Pinyin
- tí
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 49050 of 2500
血
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see 血[xue4]
- Pinyin
- xiě
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1179 of 2500