吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

吸血鬼
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xī xuè guǐ
  1. leech
  2. bloodsucking vermin
  3. vampire (translated European notion)
  4. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吸引
xī yǐn
  1. 1 to attract (interest, investment etc)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
吸引力
xī yǐn lì
  1. 1 attractive force (such as gravitation)
  2. 2 sex appeal
  3. 3 attractiveness
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī],片[piàn]
血液
xuè yè
  1. 1 blood
鬼
guǐ
  1. 1 ghost
  2. 2 demon
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 damnable
  5. 5 clever
  6. 6 sly
  7. 7 crafty
  8. 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
  9. 9 one of the 28 constellations
魔鬼
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
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
吸
xī
  1. 1 to breathe
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to absorb
  4. 4 to inhale
吸入
xī rù
  1. 1 to breathe in
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to inhale
吸取
xī qǔ
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
  3. 3 to assimilate
吸尘器
xī chén qì
  1. 1 vacuum cleaner
  2. 2 dust catcher
吸毒
xī dú
  1. 1 to take drugs
吸气
xī qì
  1. 1 to inhale
  2. 2 to draw in breath
吸烟
xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
吸管
xī guǎn
  1. 1 (drinking) straw
  2. 2 pipette
  3. 3 eyedropper
  4. 4 snorkel
  5. 5 CL:支[zhī]
吸血
xī xiě
  1. 1 to suck blood

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
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
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
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
  1. 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
  1. 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
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
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
浴血苦战
yù xuè kǔ zhàn
  1. 1 a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
热血沸腾
rè xuè fèi téng
  1. 1 to be fired up (idiom)
  2. 2 to have one's blood racing
狗血喷头
gǒu xiě pēn tóu
  1. 1 torrent of abuse (idiom)
狗血淋头
gǒu xuè lín tóu
  1. 1 lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. torrent of abuse
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
  1. 1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
  1. 1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence

Sample Sentences

为什么你的皮肤在发光？你是吸血鬼吗？
wèishénme nǐ de pífū zài fāguāng ？nǐ shì xīxiěguǐ ma ？
Why is your skin glowing? Are you a vampire?
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吸血鬼日记
Xīxuèguǐ rìjì
The Vampire Diaries
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啊，吸血鬼来了！他要吸我的血。骑士先生，快保护我！用你的剑刺死他！
à ，xīxuèguǐ lái le ！tā yào xī wǒ de xiě 。qíshì xiānsheng ，kuài bǎohù wǒ ！yòng nǐ de jiàn cì sǐ tā ！
Ah, a vampire! He wants to suck my blood. Mr. Knight, hurry up and protect me! Use your sword and stab him to death!
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算了吧，中国僵尸不是吸血鬼。我们只要吸收一点儿人的气息就满足了。噢哟！
suàn le ba ，Zhōngguó jiāngshī bù shì xīxuèguǐ 。wǒmen zhǐyào xīshōu yīdiǎnr rén de qìxī jiù mǎnzú le 。ōyo ！
Forget it! Chinese zombies aren't vampires. We just want to suck out a little of people's vital essence, that's all. Oh!
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