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Hanzi

血

blood/colloquial pr. [xie3]/CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 3

Pinyin

xuè, xiě

Bopomofo

ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ

Jyutping

hyut3

Example sentences

出血 chūxiě
他為了買這臺電腦，荷包大出血。
他为了买这台电脑，荷包大出血。

He spent a lot of money to buy this computer.

一針見血 / 一针见血 yīzhēnjiànxiě
老師的批評一針見血，指出了我文章中的問題。
老师的批评一针见血，指出了我文章中的问题。

The teacher's criticism was incisive, pointing out the problems in my article.

犀利 xīlì
他的文筆十分犀利，總能一針見血地指出社會問題。
他的文笔十分犀利，总能一针见血地指出社会问题。

His writing is very incisive, always getting straight to the point about social issues.

Example Vocabulary

血

xie3

血液

xie3'ye4

充血

chong1'xie3

冷血

leng3'xie3

出血

chu1'xie3

to bleed; (fig.) to spend heavily

吸血

吸血鬼

xi1'xie3'gui3

一針見血

yi1'zhen1'jian4'xie3

to hit the nail on the head; to be incisive

供血

便血

bian4'xie3

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