頭破血流

Chinese

head; (noun suffix)
 
to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
blood
 
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (頭破血流)
simp. (头破血流)
Literally: “head broken open and blood flowing (bleeding)”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóupòxuèliú, tóupòxuěliú, tóupòxiěliú
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 po3 hyut3 lau4
  • Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-phòa-hoeh-lâu / thâu-phòa-huih-lâu

Idiom

頭破血流

  1. bloodied and bruised
    頭破血流头破血流   dǎdé tóupòxuèliú   beaten to a pulp
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