血肉模糊

xuèròumóhu

idiom

Meanings

1 mangled beyond recognition
2 a bloody, pulpy mess
3 gruesomely torn up

Characters

indistinct; pasted together

Examples

车祸现场惨不忍睹，伤者血肉模糊。

Chēhuò xiànchǎng cǎnbùrěndǔ, shāng zhě xuèròumóhu.

The crash scene was too horrific to look at — the victims were mangled beyond recognition.

电影里战场的镜头血肉模糊，让人不忍直视。

Diànyǐng lǐ zhànchǎng de jìngtóu xuèròumóhu, ràng rén bùrěn zhí shì.

The battlefield scenes in the film were grisly and gory — unbearable to watch directly.

他的手被机器卷住，伤口血肉模糊。

Tā de shǒu bèi jīqì juǎn zhù, shāngkǒu xuèròumóhu.

His hand was caught in the machine and the wound was a gruesome mess.

Tips

register

Graphic and visceral — reserve for genuinely gory contexts (accidents, combat, injuries). Not for metaphorical 'messy' situations. 糊 is neutral tone (hu) per CC-CEDICT.

usage

Not in the Xinhua chengyu dictionary but well-established in CC-CEDICT and modern usage. A relatively recent fixed phrase rather than a classical idiom.

Stroke Order

血 xuè

肉 ròu

模 mó

糊 hú