杜鹃啼血

Traditional form:

杜鵑啼血

Pinyin (reading):

dùjuāntíxuè

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 杜 - to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
• 鹃 - cuckoo
• 啼 - to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 血 - blood

Traditional characters:

• 杜 - to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
• 鵑 - cuckoo
• 啼 - to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 血 - blood