尸横遍野 — Chinese idiom
尸横遍野
shī héng biàn yě
Traditional: 屍橫遍野
Meaning
- corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
Character by character
- 尸shībody, corpse
- 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- 遍biàneverywhere, all over, throughout
- 野yěfield, open country; wilderness
Idioms sharing a character
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 尸位素餐 shī wèi sù cān
- 尸山血海 shī shān xuè hǎi
- 掘墓鞭尸 jué mù biān shī
- 碎尸万段 suì shī wàn duàn
- 行尸走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu
- 马革裹尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī
- 妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng
- 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
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