血流成河

Chinese edit

	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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèliúchénghé, xuěliúchénghé, xiěliúchénghé

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ lau⁴ sing⁴ ho⁴

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 edit

血流成河

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!