遍体鳞伤

遍體鱗傷

biàntǐ-línshāng

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Meanings

他被打得遍体鳞伤，送进了医院。

Tā bèi dǎ de biàntǐlínshāng, sòng jìn le yīyuàn.

He was beaten so badly that he was covered in wounds and taken to the hospital.

事故后，她遍体鳞伤，痛苦不堪。

Shìgù hòu, tā biàntǐlínshāng, tòngkǔ bùkān.

After the accident, she was covered all over with injuries and in extreme pain.

memory

遍 = all over, 体 = body, 鳞 = fish scales, 伤 = wounds. The image is of wounds covering the body like fish scales — so many injuries they tile the skin.

遍 biàn

体 tǐ

鳞 lín

伤 shāng