血雨腥風

Chinese


trad. (血雨腥風)		血雨	腥風
simp. (血雨腥风)		血雨	腥风
Literally: “a rain of blood and a foul wind”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèyǔxīngfēng, xuěyǔxīngfēng, xiěyǔxīngfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèyǔxīngfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehyeushingfeng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěyǔxīngfēng [Phonetic: xuéyǔxīngfēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueyeushingfeng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiěyǔxīngfēng [Phonetic: xiéyǔxīngfēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiieyeushingfeng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

血雨腥風

(figuratively) reign of terror

Synonyms

腥風血雨／腥风血雨 (xīngfēngxuèyǔ)

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