dù juān tí xuè

Traditional: 杜鵑啼血

杜鹃啼血 (dù juān tí xuè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom); fig. extreme grief”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)
  2. 2fig. extreme grief

Characters in 杜鹃啼血

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