杜鹃啼血
dù​juān​tí​xuè

extreme grief

  • created sense approved 杜鹃啼血/杜鵑啼血 · dù​juān​tí​xuè · extreme grief — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杜鹃啼血 / 杜鵑啼血

    dù​juān​tí​xuè

    extreme grief

    The cuckoo weeps blood; a figure of speech for extreme sorrow or heartbreak. Based on a legend where a king's soul turned into a cuckoo and cried blood until his death.

    杜鹃 (literal) → 杜鹃/杜鵑 · dù​juān · cuckoo 啼 (literal) → 啼 · tí · to crow or call 血 (literal) → 血 · xuè · tears

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