體無完膚

简 体无完肤 · 繁 體無完膚
Mandarin · pinyin tǐ wú wán fū

Meanings

  1. lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted
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體
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
無
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完
wán · complete, finish, settle; whole
膚
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体
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
肤
fū · skin; superficial, shallow
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3–2–2–1 · ti3 wu2 wan2 fu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tai2 mou4 jyun4 fu1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) cuts and bruises all over; severely injured
  2. (figurative) completely refuted; scathingly criticised; to be picked to pieces

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