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Chinese symbol for “grisly”

血淋淋
xiě lín lín
bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grisly is 血淋淋 (xiě lín lín), defined as: bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter.

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 xiě
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes
淋 lín
to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
淋
淋 lín
to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 血淋淋.

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
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
淋浴lín yùto take a shower; shower
淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致)lín lí jìn zhìlit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly

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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