血雨腥風

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 ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuèyǔxīngfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehyeushingfeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuěyǔxīngfēng [Phonetic: xuéyǔxīngfēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ
    • 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 ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiieyeushingfeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

血雨腥風

1. (figuratively) reign of terror

Synonyms

• 腥風血雨／腥风血雨 (xīngfēngxuèyǔ)