腥风血雨 (腥風血雨)
xīng fēng xuè yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

腥风血雨 (腥風血雨)
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xīng fēng xuè yǔ
  1. lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
  2. fig. reign of terror
  3. carnage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 classifier: 阵 zhèn
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain
冷血
lěng xuè
  1. 1 cold-blood
  2. 2 cold-blooded (animal)

Idioms (20)

一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)