皮开肉绽

Traditional form:

皮開肉綻

Pinyin (reading):

píkāiròuzhàn

Definitions:

• flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)

Characters:

• 皮 - skin, hide, fur, feathers
• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 绽 - to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams

Traditional characters:

• 皮 - skin, hide, fur, feathers
• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 綻 - to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams