Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Blood-soaked / Blood-drenched: Describes something that is heavily saturated or soaked with blood.
   • Bloody / Sanguinary: Characterized by, involving, or resulting in much bloodshed or violence.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bàn tay đẫm máu. (Blood-stained hands.)
  • Sự đàn áp đẫm máu. (A bloody repression.)
  • Chiến trường đẫm máu. (A blood-soaked battlefield.)
  • Áo của nạn nhân bị đẫm máu. (The victim's shirt was drenched in blood.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe events, periods, or actions marked by extreme violence and loss of life.
  • Một cuộc chiến tranh đẫm máu. (A bloody war.)
  • Lịch sử đẫm máu của chế độ đó. (The sanguinary history of that regime.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đẫm (v): to be soaked, drenched (often with a liquid like water, sweat, or tears).
  • Cô ấy đẫm mồ hôi. (She is drenched in sweat.)
• Máu (n): blood.

Synonyms

• Gory: Involving or showing violence and bloodshed.
• Bloodstained: Stained with blood.
• Sanguinary: Accompanied by or involving bloodshed.

Related Idioms

• Con đường đẫm máu: A path of bloodshed; a course of action leading to great violence.
  • Họ đi trên con đường đẫm máu để giành quyền lực. (They walked a path of bloodshed to seize power.)
• Vũ khí đẫm máu: A bloody weapon; often used metaphorically for a tool or policy causing great harm.
  • Lời nói thù hận có thể là vũ khí đẫm máu. (Hateful speech can be a bloody weapon.)

1. Blood-stained
   • Bàn tay đẫm máu
     Blood-stained hands
2. Bloody, saguinary
   • Sự đàn áp đẫm máu
     A bloody repression
   • đấm
     Strike (with one's first), punch
   • Đấm vào ngực ai
     To strike someone 's chest with one's fist
   • Đấm bị bông
     To deal with a shadow-boxing opponent, to do shadow-boxing (Mỹ)