gān​nǎo​tú​dì

to die a tragic death

  • created sense approved 肝脑涂地/肝腦塗地 · gān​nǎo​tú​dì · to die a tragic death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肝脑涂地 / 肝腦塗地

    gān​nǎo​tú​dì

    to die a tragic death

    (literary) describes a scene of horrific slaughter, where victims' internal organs and brains are scattered across the ground.

    肝 (literal) → 肝 · gān · liver 脑 (literal) → 脑/腦 · nǎo · brain 涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · to smear 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 肝脑涂地/肝腦塗地 · gān​nǎo​tú​dì · to sacrifice one's life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肝脑涂地 / 肝腦塗地

    gān​nǎo​tú​dì

    to sacrifice one's life

    To be willing to give one's life in loyal service to a person or cause; to be ready to die even the most cruel death.

    肝 (literal) → 肝 · gān · liver 脑 (literal) → 脑/腦 · nǎo · brain 涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · to smear 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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