| 杜鹃啼血 |
dù juān tí xuè |
lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief |
| 杜 |
Dù |
surname Du |
| 杜 |
dù |
birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict |
| 杜鹃 |
dù juān |
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鹃鸟) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鹃花) |
| 鹃 |
juān |
cuckoo |
| 啼 |
tí |
(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly / (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech |
| 啼 |
tí |
variant of 啼 |
| 血 |
xuè |
blood (CL:滴) / colloquial pr. [xie3] or [xue3] |