皮开肉绽 pí kāi ròu zhàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)

CHARACTERS

皮 pí skin, hide, fur, feather; outer
开 kāi open; initiate, begin, start
肉 ròu flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130
绽 zhàn ripped seam, rend, crack