







流血漂卤 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe extremely heavy casualties or immense bloodshed”. Where so much blood is shed it could float large objects like shields. Literally, “Blood flows to float shields”.

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Open the tool →流血漂卤 (liú xuè piāo lǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe extremely heavy casualties or immense bloodshed”.
流血漂卤 is pronounced liú xuè piāo lǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 流血漂卤 means “Blood flows to float shields”. It is used to mean “to describe extremely heavy casualties or immense bloodshed”.
卤:通“橹”,大盾牌。血流得能将橹浮起来。形容死伤极多。亦作“流血漂忤”。