血流成河

Chinese

		blood	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	river
trad. (血流成河)		血	流	成	河
simp. #(血流成河)		血	流	成	河
Literally: “blood shed flows over the ground like a river”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèliúchénghé, xuěliúchénghé, xiěliúchénghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ lau⁴ sing⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèliúchénghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèlióuchénghé
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-liu²-chʻêng²-ho²
    • Yale: sywè-lyóu-chéng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehlioucherngher
    • Palladius: сюэлючэнхэ (sjueljučɛnxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěliúchénghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuělióuchénghé
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-liu²-chʻêng²-ho²
    • Yale: sywě-lyóu-chéng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuelioucherngher
    • Palladius: сюэлючэнхэ (sjueljučɛnxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěliúchénghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siělióuchénghé
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-liu²-chʻêng²-ho²
    • Yale: syě-lyóu-chéng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieelioucherngher
    • Palladius: селючэнхэ (seljučɛnxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ lau⁴ sing⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: hyut làuh sìhng hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ lau⁴ sing⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ leo⁴ xing⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

Idiom

血流成河

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

   • 無聊！我要看到血流成河！ [MSC, trad.]
     无聊！我要看到血流成河！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 6, Episode 103a (Taiwanese Mandarin dubbed version)

     Wúliáo! Wǒ yào kàn dào xuèliúchénghé! [Pinyin]

     Boring! I want to see some body parts!