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血流漂杵

Mandarin · pinyin xuè liú piāo chǔ

enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
blood bath

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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
漂: piào · float, drift; tossed about
杵: chǔ · pestle; baton used beat clothes

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4–2–1–3 · xue4 liu2 piao1 chu3

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hyut3 lau4 piu1 cyu2

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(idiomatic) rivers of blood (on the battlefield); blood bath

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