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血流成河

Mandarin · pinyin xuè liú chéng hé

Meanings

  1. rivers of blood (idiom)
  2. bloodbath
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血
xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
成
chéng · completed, finished, fixed
河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
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4–2–2–2 · xue4 liu2 cheng2 he2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hyut3 lau4 sing4 ho4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be a bloodbath; a large number of people are killed

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