血债要用血来偿 (血債要用血來償)
xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng
Pinyin
Definition
血债要用血来偿 (血債要用血來償)
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- A debt of blood must be paid in blood.
- Blood calls for blood.
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一针见血
- 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
- 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
兵不血刃
- 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
- 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)