遍体鳞伤

Traditional form:

遍體鱗傷

Pinyin (reading):

biàntǐlínshāng

Definitions:

• covered all over with cuts and bruises
• beaten black and blue
• be a mass of bruises

Characters:

• 遍 - everywhere, all over, throughout
• 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 鳞 - fish scales
• 伤 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill

Traditional characters:

• 遍 - everywhere, all over, throughout
• 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 鱗 - fish scales
• 傷 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill