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. 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 馊臭 餿臭 sōu chòu reeking / putrid 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 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 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 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 膏血 gāo xuè lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood 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) 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 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 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 血液 xuè yè blood / (fig.) lifeblood syn 鲜血 鮮血 xiān xuè blood 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood syn 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn 惨叫 慘叫 cǎn jiào to scream / blood-curdling screech / miserable shriek 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 血液循环 血液循環 xuè yè xún huán blood circulation 吸血 xī xiě to suck blood 血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels syn 凝结 凝結 níng jié to condense / to solidify / to coagulate / clot (of 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) 血糖 xuè táng blood sugar 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 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 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 血清 xuè qīng serum / blood serum 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 血流 xuè liú blood flow syn 补血 補血 bǔ xuè to enrich the blood 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 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 血丝 血絲 xuè sī wisps of blood / visible veins / (of eyes) bloodshot 活血 huó xuè to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine) 献血 獻血 xiàn xuè to donate blood 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn 造血 zào xuè to make blood (function of bone marrow) 失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) 血淋淋 xuè lín lín dripping with blood / bloody (tragedy) syn 血浆 血漿 xuè jiāng blood plasma 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 白细胞 白細胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell / leukocyte 横飞 橫飛 héng fēi (of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air 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 虚脱 虛脫 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion syn 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 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 血小板 xuè xiǎo bǎn blood platelet 血气 血氣 xuè qì blood and vital breath / bloodline (i.e. parentage) / valor syn 血脂 xuè zhī blood lipid 浴血 yù xuè blood-soaked syn 红细胞 紅細胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell 血缘关系 血緣關係 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity 血栓 xuè shuān blood clot / thrombus 毛细血管 毛細血管 máo xì xuè guǎn capillary blood vessels syn 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 血腥味 xuè xīng wèi smell of blood 混血儿 混血兒 hùn xuè ér person of mixed blood syn 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 碧血 bì xuè blood shed in a just cause 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 血亲 血親 xuè qīn kin / blood relation syn 血液病 xuè yè bìng disease of the blood 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 