血肉模糊

xuèròu-móhu

idiom

Meanings

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

Characters

indistinct; pasted together

Examples

HSK 6

他的手被机器卷住，伤口血肉模糊。

Tā de shǒu bèi jīqì juǎn zhù, shāngkǒu xuèròu-móhu.

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

HSK 7-9

车祸现场惨不忍睹，伤者血肉模糊。

Chēhuò xiànchǎng cǎnbùrěndǔ, shāngzhě xuèròu-móhu.

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

HSK 7-9

电影里战场的镜头血肉模糊，让人不忍直视。

Diànyǐng lǐ zhànchǎng de jìngtóu xuèròu-móhu, ràng rén bù rěn zhíshì.

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

Tips

register

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

usage

A well-established fixed phrase in modern usage rather than a classical idiom drawn from a single source text.

Stroke Order

血 xuè

肉 ròu

模 mó

糊 hú