血流如注 (xiě) — to bleed profusely; blood gushing like water

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 xiě, 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 xiě, 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 xiě, huà miàn shí fēn cǎn liè.
    In the movie, the soldier was hit by a bullet and bled profusely; the scene was extremely tragic.

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