尸山血海 Shī Shān Xuè Hǎi mountain of corpses and sea of blood

Explanation

形容杀戮极多，血流成河的惨烈景象。

Describes a scene of great carnage and bloodshed.

Origin Story

话说三国时期，蜀汉丞相诸葛亮五出祁山，与魏军激战，双方都付出了巨大的代价。其中一次战役，魏军在街亭惨败，蜀军取得了辉煌的胜利。然而，战场上尸横遍野，鲜血染红了大地，如同尸山血海一般。这惨烈的景象，让诸葛亮也为之动容，他下令将阵亡将士的遗体妥善安葬，并为他们立碑祭奠，以告慰英灵。这场战争的残酷，至今仍让人记忆犹新。这便是尸山血海的由来。

huì shuō sān guó shí qī, shǔ hàn chéng xiàng zhū gě liàng wǔ chū qí shān, yǔ wèi jūn jī zhàn, shuāng fāng dōu fù chūle jù dà de dài jià. qí zhōng yī cì zhàn yì, wèi jūn zài jiē tīng cǎn bài, shǔ jūn qǔ déle huī huáng de shèng lì. rán ér, zhàn chǎng shàng shī héng biàn yě, xuè xī rǎn hóngle dà dì, rú tóng shī shān xuè hǎi yī bān. zhè cǎn liè de jǐng xiàng, ràng zhū gě liàng yě wèi zhī dòng róng, tā xià lìng jiāng zhèn wáng jiàng shì de yí tǐ tuǒ shàn ān zàng, bìng wèi tāmen lì bēi jì diàn, yǐ gào wèi yīng líng. zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng de cán kù, zhì jīn réng ràng rén jì yì yóu xīn. zhè biàn shì shī shān xuè hǎi de yóu lái.

During the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China, Zhuge Liang, the Chancellor of Shu Han, led five military expeditions to Qishan, clashing fiercely with the Wei army. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. In one battle, the Wei army was defeated at Jieting, resulting in a glorious victory for the Shu army. However, the battlefield was strewn with corpses, blood staining the earth like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. This horrific sight moved Zhuge Liang, who ordered the proper burial of fallen soldiers and the erection of memorials in their honor to comfort their spirits. The brutality of this war remains etched in memory, which is the origin of the phrase "a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood".

Usage

用作宾语、定语；多用于比喻句，形容杀戮极多，血流成河的惨烈景象。

yòng zuò bīn yǔ, dìng yǔ; duō yòng yú bǐ yù jù, xiáoróng shā lù jí duō, xuè liú chéng hé de cǎn liè jǐng xiàng

Used as an object and attribute; mostly used in metaphors to describe a scene of great carnage and bloodshed.

Examples

  • 战争结束后，这里成了尸山血海。

    zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, zhèlǐ chéngle shī shān xuè hǎi

    After the war, this place became a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

  • 那场惨烈的战争，留下了尸山血海的景象。

    nà chǎng cǎn liè de zhàn zhēng, liú xiàle shī shān xuè hǎi de jǐng xiàng

    That horrific war left behind a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Related Idioms

  • 血流成河

  • 杀戮

  • 惨烈

Opposite Idioms

  • 太平盛世

  • 国泰民安