遍体鳞伤

遍體鱗傷

biàntǐ-línshāng

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Meanings

HSK 3

他被打得遍体鳞伤，送进了医院。

Tā bèi dǎ de biàntǐ-línshāng, sòng jìn le yīyuàn.

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

HSK 7-9

事故后，她遍体鳞伤，痛苦不堪。

Shìgù hòu, tā biàntǐ-línshāng, 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