头破血流

頭破血流
tóupò-xuèliú
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

HSK 5
Tā zài zhè chǎng shāngyè jìngzhēng zhōng bèi dǎ de tóupò-xuèliú.
He was thoroughly beaten in this business competition.
HSK 6
Liǎng duì zhēngduó shìchǎng, dǎ de tóupò-xuèliú, 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