大汗淋漓 (dà hàn lín lí) — streaming with sweat; drenched in sweat | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

An idiom describing someone sweating heavily and dripping wet. Used for the physical state after exertion or in extreme heat, not for mild sweating.

idiom

streaming with sweatdrenched in sweat

Examples

，大汗淋漓，。
Pǎo le shí gōng lǐ hòu, tā dà hàn lín lí, yī fu dōu shī tòu le.
After running ten kilometers, he was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were soaked through.
，大汗淋漓。
Xià tiān zài chú fáng lǐ zuò fàn, cháng cháng rè dé dà hàn lín lí.
Cooking in the kitchen in summer often makes one sweat profusely from the heat.
，大汗淋漓。
Jiào liàn ràng wǒ men zuò le yì bǎi gè fǔ wò chēng, měi gè rén dōu lèi dé dà hàn lín lí.
The coach made us do a hundred push-ups, and everyone was so exhausted they were dripping with sweat.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

大汗heavy sweat

大dàheavy汗hànsweat

偏正Modifier + head

淋漓dripping

淋líndrip漓lídripping

联合Coordinate

“大汗” means heavy sweat, and “淋漓” means dripping, so the image is sweat streaming down in large amounts.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

干

干gān汗hàn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汗 has 水, the water form, beside 干; 水 relates to liquid sweat, while 干 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵林淋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

林

林lín淋lín

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 林 gives the character's sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

离

Same sound today

漓 combines 水 (water) with 离, which gives the sound lí.

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