血脉 (血脈)
xuè mài
Pinyin

Definition

血脉 (血脈)
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xuè mài
  1. blood vessels

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
血液
xuè yè
  1. 1 blood
充血
chōng xuè
  1. 1 hyperemia (increase in blood flow)
  2. 2 blood congestion
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

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
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)
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

Sample Sentences

这是你们家族血脉传承的见证嘛。啊呀，要是我们家也有家谱就好了。
zhè shì nǐmen jiāzú xuèmài chuánchéng de jiànzhèng ma 。āyā ，yàoshì wǒmen jiā yě yǒu jiāpǔ jiùhǎole 。
This is an authentication of your family's heritage. Jeez, if our family still had a family tree that'd be great.
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