noun
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
A dramatic yojijukugo describing a battlefield so intense that corpses pile up like mountains and blood flows like rivers. Used figuratively for any extremely fierce conflict or struggle.
その戦いはまさに屍山血河の様相を呈した。
The battle truly presented a scene of heaps of bodies and rivers of blood.
屍山血河の激戦をくぐり抜けてきた兵士たち。
Soldiers who have survived fierce battles of heaps of bodies and streams of blood.