Chinese symbol for “carnage”
血肉横飞
xuè ròu héng fēi
Traditional: 血肉橫飛
(idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carnage is 血肉横飞 (xuè ròu héng fēi), defined as: (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “carnage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腥风血雨 (腥風血雨) | xīng fēng xuè yǔ | (lit.) foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); (fig.) reign of terror; carnage |
| 喋血 | dié xuè | (literary) bloodbath; carnage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 血肉横飞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 血统 (血統) | xuè tǒng | blood relationship; lineage |
| 血管 | xuè guǎn | vein; artery |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle; flesh |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 横向 (橫向) | héng xiàng | horizontal; orthogonal |
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carnage”.
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.