遍体鳞伤 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue

Character by character

• 遍biàneverywhere, all over, throughout
• 体tǐbody; group, class; form, style, system
• 鳞línfish scales
• 伤shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill

Idioms sharing a character

• 哀鸿遍野 āi hóng biàn yě
• 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
• 漫天遍地 màn tiān biàn dì
• 漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě
• 烽烟遍地 fēng yān biàn dì
• 遍地开花 biàn dì kāi huā
• 饿莩遍野 è piǎo biàn yě
• 不成体统 bù chéng tǐ tǒng
• 不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ
• 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì

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