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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「杜鵑啼血」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Legend has it that the cuckoo cries day and night until it bleeds. Often used to describe extreme sorrow.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dù juān tí xuè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou6 gyun1 tai4 hyut3

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