huyết lệ

Thân thiện

Một người lính rơi huyết lệ khi nhớ về đồng đội đã hy sinh.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Blood and tears: Literally refers to blood and tears, symbolizing extreme suffering, hardship, or sacrifice.
   • Excruciating pain, agony: Figuratively describes a state of utmost pain, anguish, or torment, whether physical or emotional.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cuốn nhật ký đó là huyết lệ của cả một thế hệ. (That diary is the blood and tears of an entire generation.)
  • Anh ấy phải chịu đựng nỗi đau huyết lệ khi mất đi người thân. (He had to endure the excruciating pain of losing a loved one.)
  • Lịch sử dân tộc được viết nên bằng huyết lệ. (The nation's history was written with blood and tears.)

Advanced Usage

• This is a literary and highly emotional term, often used in formal writing, literature, poetry, or speeches to emphasize profound suffering, tragic sacrifice, or deep historical wounds.
• It is commonly found in contexts describing war, great personal loss, historical injustice, or monumental struggle.

Variants and Related Words

• Máu và nước mắt: A more direct, less literary phrase meaning "blood and tears."
• Đau đớn tột cùng: Extreme pain/agony (a descriptive phrase, not a direct synonym).
• Khổ đau: Suffering, misery (a more general term).

Synonyms

• Nỗi đau tột cùng: Utmost pain.
• Cực hình: Torment, torture.
• Gian khổ: Hardship, tribulation (focuses more on difficulty than pain).

Related Idioms

• Đổ máu xương: To shed blood (and bones); to make a bloody sacrifice.
• Nước mắt mặn chát: Bitter, salty tears; symbolizing deep sorrow.
• Xương máu: Flesh and blood; signifies great sacrifice, often in war.

Học thuật

1. blood and tear; excruciating pain, agony