杜鹃啼血

dù juān tí xuè

释义

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

杜鹃啼血 的构成词

• 血 xuè: blood
• 啼 tí: to cry
• 杜 dù: birchleaf pear (tree)
• 杜鹃 dù juān: cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)
• 鹃 juān: cuckoo