杜鹃啼血 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood
• fig. extreme grief

Character by character

• 杜dùto prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 啼títo weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 血xuèblood

Idioms sharing a character

• 防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn
• 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
• 啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán
• 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
• 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
• 含血喷人 hán xuè pēn rén
• 呕心沥血 ǒu xīn lì xuè
• 尸山血海 shī shān xuè hǎi
• 歃血为盟 shà xuè wéi méng
• 浴血奋战 yù xuè fèn zhàn

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