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杜鵑啼血

简杜鹃啼血 · 繁杜鵑啼血

Mandarin · pinyin dù juān tí xuè

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

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杜: dù · stop, prevent; restrict; surname
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啼: tí · weep, whimper; howl, twitter
血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
鹃: juān · cuckoo

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4–1–2–4 · du4 juan1 ti2 xue4

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dou6 gyun1 tai4 hyut3

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