浴血奋战

浴血奮戰
yùxuèfènzhàn
idiom #34,430

Meanings

  1. 1 to fight a bloody battle
  2. 2 to battle fiercely with life on the line
  3. 3 to struggle desperately in combat

Examples

Zhànshìmen yùxuèfènzhàn, shǒu zhù le zhèndì.
The soldiers fought a bloody fight and held their position.
Wúshù xiānliè yùxuèfènzhàn, cái huànlái le jīntiān de hépíng.
Countless heroes fought desperately in battle to win today's peace.

Tips

usage
literally = to bathe — so the image is 'bathed in blood, fighting hard'. The idiom is reserved for literal or figurative life-and-death battles; overuse in trivial contexts sounds melodramatic.

Stroke Order

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fèn
zhàn