血雨腥风

血雨腥風

xuèyǔxīngfēng

idiom #35,512

Meanings

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

Characters

fishy, rank smell of blood

Examples

战场上血雨腥风，尸横遍野。

Zhànchǎng shàng xuè yǔ xīng fēng, shī héng biàn yě.

The battlefield ran with blood and gore, corpses strewn everywhere.

他们经历了十年的血雨腥风。

Tāmen jīnglì le shí nián de xuè yǔ xīng fēng.

They lived through a decade of savage violence.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

血 xuè

雨 yǔ

腥 xīng

风 fēng