Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「頭破血流」, detailed below.
The featured idiom 「頭破血流」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
His head was broken and blood was all over his face. Mostly used to describe a disastrous defeat.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tóu pò xuè liú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tau4 po3 hyut3 lau4
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