皮外伤

皮外傷

píwàishāng

noun

Meanings

1 superficial injury
2 flesh wound
3 scrape or bruise

Characters

Examples

幸好只是皮外伤，没伤到骨头。

Xìnghǎo zhǐshì píwàishāng, méi shāng dào gǔtou.

Luckily it's only a flesh wound — no bones were hurt.

他摔了一跤，但只有一点皮外伤。

Tā shuāile yī jiāo, dàn zhǐyǒu yīdiǎn píwàishāng.

He took a fall but only got a small scrape.

皮外伤通常几天就能好。

Píwàishāng tōngcháng jǐ tiān jiù néng hǎo.

Superficial injuries usually heal in a few days.

Tips

memory

Character-by-character reads "skin-outer-injury" — injuries that stay on the surface of the skin, as opposed to 内伤 (nèishāng), a blow that harms internal organs or circulation.

Stroke Order

皮 pí

外 wài

伤 shāng