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
  • Southern Min (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

Synonyms

  • (Hokkien) 流血流滴