1 heavy

2 hard

3 serious

4 critical

1 taciturn

2 uncommunicative

3 silent

1 blood

2 colloquial pr. [xiě]

3 classifier: 滴 dī

4 classifier: 片 piàn

1 blood

1 overcast

2 gloomy

3 downcast

4 deep and low (of sound)

5 muffled

1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)

2 fig. to hit the nail on the head

1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory

1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)

1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)

1 lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)

2 to work one's heart out

3 blood, sweat and tears