血牛
xuè niú
Pinyin

Definition

血牛
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xuè niú
  1. sb who sells one's blood for a living

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
牛肉
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
公牛
gōng niú
  1. 1 bull
冷血
lěng xuè
  1. 1 cold-blood
  2. 2 cold-blooded (animal)
出血
chū xuè
  1. 1 to bleed
  2. 2 bleeding
  3. 3 (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
吸血
xī xiě
  1. 1 to suck blood
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
喋血
dié xuè
  1. 1 bloodbath
  2. 2 carnage
奶牛
nǎi niú
  1. 1 milk cow
  2. 2 dairy cow
心血
xīn xuè
  1. 1 heart's blood
  2. 2 expenditure (for some project)
  3. 3 meticulous care
心血管
xīn xuè guǎn
  1. 1 cardiovascular
抽血
chōu xuè
  1. 1 to take blood
  2. 2 to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
放血
fàng xuè
  1. 1 to let blood (Chinese medicine)
  2. 2 to bleed
  3. 3 to stab sb (slang)
斗牛
Dǒu Niú
  1. 1 Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)

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
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
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)
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè
  1. 1 lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
  2. 2 to work one's heart out
  3. 3 blood, sweat and tears
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
歃血为盟
shà xuè wéi méng
  1. 1 to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom)
  2. 2 to swear a sacred oath
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
  1. 1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books

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