浴血

yùxuè
adjective #33,072

Meanings

  1. 1 blood-soaked
  2. 2 drenched in blood
  3. 3 (of a battle) bloody and savage

Examples

Zhànshìmen yùxuè fènzhàn.
The soldiers fought a bloody battle.
Tā cóng yùxuè de zhànchǎng shàng huílái le.
He returned from the bloody battlefield.

Tips

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Literally 'to bathe in blood' — ('to bathe') + ('blood'). Almost always paired with verbs of fighting: 浴血奋战 ('to fight a bloody battle'), 浴血搏斗 ('to struggle bloodied'). Strong literary register; you'd see it in war journalism or revolutionary-era writing, not everyday speech.

Stroke Order

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