皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)

CHARACTERS

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