粵

屍si1橫waang4遍pin3野je5

simp尸横遍野
si1 waang4 pin3 je5shī héng biàn yě

English

  1. (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
  2. a lot of dead bodies left behind in the scene after a great battle or slaughter; literally: dead corpses blanketing the countryside
  3. metaphor for a lot of people negatively affected by some dramatic event

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面指屍體多到遍佈荒野;形容好多人畀人殺咗,剩返屍體就噉喺現場
  2. 比喻損失好大,好慘嘅情況

Examples

  • 呢場戰爭打得非常慘烈,戰場上屍橫遍野。

    This war was incredibly brutal, numerous bodies strewn across the battlefield. ----

  • 美股忽然跌咗兩成,啲炒家輸到屍橫遍野。

    The US stock market suddenly plummeted 20%, and traders lost everything – it was a bloodbath.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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