血流如注 (xuè liú rú zhù) — to bleed profusely; blood gushing like water | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A vivid chengyu meaning blood flows out as heavily as pouring water — used for serious, often graphic bleeding in accident or injury contexts.

idiom

to bleed profuselyblood gushing like water

Examples

，血流如注，。
Tā shòu shāng yǐ hòu, shāng kǒu xuè liú rú zhù, qíng kuàng hěn wēi xiǎn.
After he was injured, the wound gushed blood, and the situation was very dangerous.
血流如注，。
Chē huò xiàn chǎng yǒu rén xuè liú rú zhù, yī shēng zhèng zài jǐn jí chǔ lǐ.
At the car accident scene, someone was bleeding profusely, and the doctor was treating them urgently.
血流如注，。
Diàn yǐng lǐ de zhàn shì zhòng dàn hòu xuè liú rú zhù, huà miàn shí fēn cǎn liè.
In the movie, the soldier was hit by a bullet and bled profusely; the scene was extremely tragic.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

血流blood flows

血xuèblood流liúflow

主谓Subject + predicate

如注like pouring

如rúlike注zhùpour

动宾Verb + object

血流 shows blood flowing, and 如注 shows it pouring like water.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

一一yīdrop of blood
皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

㐬

㐬㐬流liú

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

女口如

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

女

女nǚ如rú

Same sound today

如 is built from 口 (mouth) for its meaning and 女 (woman) for its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ注zhù

Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

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