屍橫遍野
simp尸横遍野si1 waang4 pin3 je5shī héng biàn yě
English
- (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
- a lot of dead bodies left behind in the scene after a great battle or slaughter; literally: dead corpses blanketing the countryside
- metaphor for a lot of people negatively affected by some dramatic event
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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
- 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