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Chinese symbol for “bloodbath”

血流成河
xuè liú chéng hé
rivers of blood (idiom); bloodbath

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bloodbath is 血流成河 (xuè liú chéng hé), defined as: rivers of blood (idiom); bloodbath.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

血 xuè
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
河 hé
river, stream; the Yellow river
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bloodbath”

WordPinyinMeaning
喋血dié xuè(literary) bloodbath; carnage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 血流成河.

WordPinyinMeaning
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
流血liú xuèto bleed; to shed blood
血统 (血統)xuè tǒngblood relationship; lineage
血管xuè guǎnvein; artery
吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
河流hé liúriver; 条 (tiáo)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bloodbath”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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