有血有肉

Chinese

to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
blood
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
meat; flesh
trad. (有血有肉)
simp. #(有血有肉)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒuxuèyǒuròu, yǒuxuěyǒuròu, yǒuxiěyǒuròu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jau5 hyut3 jau5 juk6
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-hiat-iú-lio̍k / ū-huih-ū-bah

Idiom

有血有肉

  1. (of descriptions in literary works, etc.) true to life; vivid