with spots of tears and blood
Blood and tears, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu è L è IB ā Nb ā n, meaning that blood and tears are in the real thing. It comes from the poetry of Mei Zhen by Wei Juan of Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of grief
Examples
These bloody and tearful photos are accusing the aggressors of murder.
The origin of Idioms
On the volume of Yuan Wei ju'an's "notes on the poems of Mei Zhen", it is said that "hardship is still accompanied by the thoughts of the king and his relatives, and tears and blood are all over the guest's clothes."
Idiom explanation
Blood and tears are all in the body.
with spots of tears and blood
Where there is a will, there is a way. - yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
small in number and weak in strength - liàng xiǎo lì wēi
prick one 's own thigh with a needle to keep himself awake - yǐn zhuī cì gǔ