头破血流

頭破血流
tóupòxuèliú
idiom #26,851

Meanings

  1. 1 to have one's head broken and bleeding
  2. 2 to be badly battered
  3. 3 to suffer a crushing defeat

Examples

Tā zài zhè chǎng shāngyè jìngzhēng zhōng bèi dǎ de tóupòxuèliú.
He was thoroughly beaten in this business competition.
Liǎng duì zhēngduó shìchǎng, dǎ de tóupòxuèliú, zuìzhōng shéi yě méi yíng.
The two teams fought savagely for market share, and in the end neither won.

Tips

memory
The image is vivid: (head) + (broken) + (blood) + (flowing) — a head so badly battered that blood flows. Used figuratively for suffering a devastating defeat.

Stroke Order

tóu
xuè
liú