活血
huó xuè
Pinyin

Definition

活血
 - 
huó xuè
  1. to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 classifier: 项 xiàng
  14. 14 classifier: 个 gè
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
lěng xuè
  1. 1 cold-blood
  2. 2 cold-blooded (animal)

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
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
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)