血债血偿 血債血償 xuè zhài xuè cháng a debt of blood must be paid in blood / blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2] 血债要用血来偿 血債要用血來償 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 血债要用血来还 血債要用血來還 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces 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 血肉相连 血肉相連 xuè ròu xiāng lián one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / closely related syn 情逾骨肉 qíng yú gǔ ròu feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / deep friendship 亲生骨肉 親生骨肉 qīn shēng gǔ ròu one's own flesh and blood 天亲 天親 tiān qīn one's flesh and blood 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu - héng fēi (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions / carnage syn 猪血糕 豬血糕 zhū xiě gāo pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces 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 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 抽血 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test) 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 验血 驗血 yàn xuè to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 血晕 血暈 xuè yùn coma caused by loss of blood / fainting at the sight of blood / Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1] 血瘤 xuè liú blood tumor / angioma (tumor consisting of a mass of blood vessels) 血液毒剂 血液毒劑 blood agent / blood gas 血液气体 血液氣體 blood agent / blood gas 血膜 blood film / blood smear 血涂片 血塗片 blood film / blood smear 血细胞计数 血細胞計數 blood count / blood cell count 血脉偾张 血脈僨張 xuè mài fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker / to be excited 血饼 血餅 xuè bǐng blood clot / coagulated blood 纯血统 純血統 chún xuè tǒng pure-blood / full-blood 宝血 寶血 bǎo xuè (Christianity) Precious Blood (of Jesus Christ) / Blood of Christ 血脉偾张 血脈僨張 xuè mài - fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker / to be excited 验血 驗血 yàn xiě to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè - lín lí (idiom) drenched with blood / dripping with blood 菹醢 zū hǎi to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution) 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily 冬菇 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap syn 菹 zū marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1] 腠 còu the tissue between the skin and the flesh syn 情同骨肉 qíng tóng gǔ ròu as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship 自相鱼肉 自相魚肉 zì xiāng yú ròu butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) / killing one another / internecine strife syn 食肉寝皮 食肉寢皮 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters 骨肉相连 骨肉相連 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined syn 皮肉之苦 pí ròu zhī kǔ physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer 手心手背都是肉 shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally 细皮嫩肉 細皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu soft skin and tender flesh (idiom) / smooth-skinned 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 铁血 鐵血 tiě xuè iron and blood / (fig.) weapons and war / bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 肌肉 jī ròu muscle / flesh syn 现身 現身 xiàn shēn to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh 血肉 xuè ròu flesh syn 力不从心 力不從心 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak syn 赘肉 贅肉 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge 真实感 真實感 zhēn shí gǎn the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh 果肉 guǒ ròu the flesh of a fruit / pulp syn 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak syn 腐肉 fǔ ròu rotting flesh / carrion 皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) syn 肉中刺 ròu zhōng cì a thorn in one's flesh syn 臭皮囊 chòu pí náng this mortal flesh syn 肉 ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 syn 肌 jī (bound form) flesh / muscle syn 剐 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn 胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old) 膟 lǜ sacrificial flesh 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 买笑追欢 買笑追歡 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom) 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 人肉搜索引擎 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang) 心有余，力不足 心有餘，力不足 xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 眼中刺 yǎn zhōng cì a thorn in one's eye / fig. a thorn in one's flesh 脱皮掉肉 脫皮掉肉 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off 蛎黄 蠣黃 lì huáng the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat 体肤 體膚 tǐ fū skin / flesh / body 謋 huò sound of flesh being separated from the bone 肉足鹱 肉足鸌 ròu zú hù (bird species of China) flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liáo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 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 民脂民膏 mín zhī mín gāo lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom) / the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears syn 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 气血 氣血 qì xuè qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine) 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood / to give aid and support 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 血气 血氣 xuè qì blood and vital breath / bloodline (i.e. parentage) / valor syn 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised 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 