吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

吸血鬼
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xī xuè guǐ
  1. leech
  2. bloodsucking vermin
  3. vampire (translated European notion)
  4. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xī yǐn
  1. 1 to attract (interest, investment etc)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
xī yǐn lì
  1. 1 attractive force (such as gravitation)
  2. 2 sex appeal
  3. 3 attractiveness
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn

Idioms (20)

一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)

Sample Sentences

为什么你的皮肤在发光?你是吸血鬼吗?
wèishénme nǐ de pífū zài fāguāng ?nǐ shì xīxiěguǐ ma ?
Why is your skin glowing? Are you a vampire?
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吸血鬼日记
Xīxuèguǐ rìjì
The Vampire Diaries
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啊,吸血鬼来了!他要吸我的血。骑士先生,快保护我!用你的剑刺死他!
à ,xīxuèguǐ lái le !tā yào xī wǒ de xiě 。qíshì xiānsheng ,kuài bǎohù wǒ !yòng nǐ de jiàn cì sǐ tā !
Ah, a vampire! He wants to suck my blood. Mr. Knight, hurry up and protect me! Use your sword and stab him to death!
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算了吧,中国僵尸不是吸血鬼。我们只要吸收一点儿人的气息就满足了。噢哟!
suàn le ba ,Zhōngguó jiāngshī bù shì xīxuèguǐ 。wǒmen zhǐyào xīshōu yīdiǎnr rén de qìxī jiù mǎnzú le 。ōyo !
Forget it! Chinese zombies aren't vampires. We just want to suck out a little of people's vital essence, that's all. Oh!
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