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头痛欲裂

tóu tòng yù liè

4-character word Traditional 頭痛欲裂

What 头痛欲裂 means

1. to have a splitting headache (idiom)

The characters in 头痛欲裂

• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open

Example sentences

• 今天我头痛欲裂。
  I have a bad headache today.

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