体无完肤

體無完膚
tǐwú-wánfū
idiom #26,799

Meanings

  1. 1 covered in cuts and bruises all over
  2. 2 (figurative) to be completely refuted or torn apart

Examples

Tā de lùndiǎn bèi duìshǒu pī bó detǐ wú wán fū.
His argument was completely torn apart by his opponent.
Jīngguò zhè chǎng hùnzhàn, liǎng míng quánjīshǒu dōu yǐ tǐwúwánfū.
After the brawl, both boxers were covered in injuries.

Tips

memory
(body) + (without) + (intact) + (skin) = a body with no intact skin. Graphically describes someone so beaten that every inch of skin is broken. Figuratively, an argument or plan so thoroughly criticized that nothing holds together.

Stroke Order

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