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杜鹃啼血
dù​juān​tí​xuè

extreme grief

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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.
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