血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 可可 kě kě (loanword) cocoa syn 验血 驗血 yàn xuè to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 抽血 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test) 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè lín lí to be drenched with blood / dripping blood 瘀血 yū xuè clotted blood / extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) / thrombosis 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 血液 xuè yè blood / (fig.) lifeblood syn 流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 鲜血 鮮血 xiān xuè blood 血腥 xuè xīng reeking of blood / bloody (events) syn 失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) 吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn 血清 xuè qīng serum / blood serum 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 血流 xuè liú blood flow syn 输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood / to give aid and support 血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels syn 血糖 xuè táng blood sugar 惨叫 慘叫 cǎn jiào to scream / blood-curdling screech / miserable shriek 献血 獻血 xiàn xuè to donate blood 血浆 血漿 xuè jiāng blood plasma 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 血淋淋 xuè lín lín dripping with blood / bloody (tragedy) syn 凝结 凝結 níng jié to condense / to solidify / to coagulate / clot (of blood) 白细胞 白細胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell / leukocyte 血块 血塊 xuè kuài blood clot 血栓 xuè shuān blood clot / thrombus 混血儿 混血兒 hùn xuè ér person of mixed blood syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn 红细胞 紅細胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell 放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang) 血细胞 血細胞 xuè xì bāo blood cell 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 血小板 xuè xiǎo bǎn blood platelet 造血 zào xuè to make blood (function of bone marrow) 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn 白血球 bái xuè qiú white blood cell / leukocyte 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 血库 血庫 xuè kù blood bank 血亲 血親 xuè qīn kin / blood relation syn 血气 血氣 xuè qì blood and vital breath / bloodline (i.e. parentage) / valor syn 浴血 yù xuè blood-soaked syn 虚脱 虛脫 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion syn 血丝 血絲 xuè sī wisps of blood / visible veins / (of eyes) bloodshot 红血球 紅血球 hóng xuè qiú erythrocyte / red blood cell 血球 xuè qiú blood corpuscle / hemocyte 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 亲缘 親緣 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity syn 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 血肉相连 血肉相連 xuè ròu xiāng lián one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / closely related syn 脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn 血脂 xuè zhī blood lipid 血书 血書 xuè shū letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc 献血者 獻血者 xiàn xuè zhě blood donor 张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine 碧血 bì xuè blood shed in a just cause 血液循环 血液循環 xuè yè xún huán blood circulation 吸血 xī xiě to suck blood 关羽 關羽 guān yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama 气血 氣血 qì xuè qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine) 冷血 lěng xuè cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal) 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold syn 补血 補血 bǔ xuè to enrich the blood 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 活血 huó xuè to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine) 横飞 橫飛 héng fēi (of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air 血缘关系 血緣關係 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity 毛细血管 毛細血管 máo xì xuè guǎn capillary blood vessels syn 血腥味 xuè xīng wèi smell of blood 造血干细胞 造血幹細胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 供血 gōng xuè to donate blood 凝血 níng xuè blood clot 血流成河 xuè liú chéng hé rivers of blood (idiom) / bloodbath syn 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 血液病 xuè yè bìng disease of the blood 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn 白求恩 bái qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning 