血雨腥风

血雨腥風
xuèyǔ-xīngfēng
idiom #35,512

Meanings

  1. 1 rain of blood and wind of gore
  2. 2 a scene of savage violence
  3. 3 a reign of terror

Examples

HSK 3
Tāmen jīnglì le shínián de xuèyǔ-xīngfēng.
They lived through a decade of savage violence.
HSK 6
Zhànchǎng shàng xuèyǔ-xīngfēng, shī héng biànyě.
The battlefield ran with blood and gore, corpses strewn everywhere.

Tips

register
Strong, literary imagery. Used for massacres, civil wars, reigns of terror - not minor conflicts. Also seen as 腥风血雨.

Stroke Order

xuè
xīng
fēng