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血肉横飞

xuè ròu héng fēidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions / carnage
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-fcc5269740cfc0e9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

血肉橫飛 血肉横飞 [xue4 rou4 heng2 fei1] /(idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage/

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Other forms in these source records: 血肉橫飛

  • 血
    xuè

    blood (CL:滴[dī]) / colloquial pr. [xiě] or [xuě]

  • 肉
    ròu

    meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

  • 横
    héng

    horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

    hèng

    harsh and unreasonable / unexpected

  • 飞
    fēi

    to fly

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.