腥风血雨
xīng fēng xuè yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

腥风血雨
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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 CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 CL:陣|阵[zhèn],場|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)
冻雨
dòng yǔ
  1. 1 sleet
出血
chū xuè
  1. 1 to bleed
  2. 2 bleeding
  3. 3 (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
吸血
xī xiě
  1. 1 to suck blood
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
喋血
dié xuè
  1. 1 bloodbath
  2. 2 carnage
大雨
dà yǔ
  1. 1 heavy rain
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
小雨
xiǎo yǔ
  1. 1 light rain
  2. 2 drizzle
心血
xīn xuè
  1. 1 heart's blood
  2. 2 expenditure (for some project)
  3. 3 meticulous care
心血管
xīn xuè guǎn
  1. 1 cardiovascular
抽血
chōu xuè
  1. 1 to take blood
  2. 2 to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
放血
fàng xuè
  1. 1 to let blood (Chinese medicine)
  2. 2 to bleed
  3. 3 to stab sb (slang)
春雨
chūn yǔ
  1. 1 spring rain
  2. 2 gift from above
暴雨
bào yǔ
  1. 1 torrential rain
  2. 2 rainstorm
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],陣|阵[zhèn]
暴风雨
bào fēng yǔ
  1. 1 rainstorm
  2. 2 storm
  3. 3 tempest
止血
zhǐ xuè
  1. 1 to staunch (bleeding)
  2. 2 hemostatic (drug)

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)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè
  1. 1 lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
  2. 2 to work one's heart out
  3. 3 blood, sweat and tears
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
天雨路滑
tiān yù lù huá
  1. 1 roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
日晒雨淋
rì shài yǔ lín
  1. 1 scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements
  2. 2 weather-beaten
春风化雨
chūn fēng huà yǔ
  1. 1 lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
未雨绸缪
wèi yǔ chóu móu
  1. 1 lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. 2 to prepare for a rainy day
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
栉风沐雨
zhì fēng mù yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather

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