气血
qì xuè
Pinyin

Definition

气血
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qì xuè
  1. qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

血
xuè
  1. 1 blood
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [xiě]
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī],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
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
喋血
dié xuè
  1. 1 bloodbath
  2. 2 carnage
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)
止血
zhǐ xuè
  1. 1 to staunch (bleeding)
  2. 2 hemostatic (drug)
气血
qì xuè
  1. 1 qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
活血
huó xuè
  1. 1 to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
流血
liú xuè
  1. 1 to bleed
  2. 2 to shed blood
流鼻血
liú bí xiě
  1. 1 to bleed from the nose
  2. 2 (fig.) to be sexually aroused
浴血
yù xuè
  1. 1 blood-soaked
混血
hùn xuè
  1. 1 hybrid
混血儿
hùn xuè ér
  1. 1 person of mixed blood
  2. 2 half-breed
  3. 3 mulatto

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
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
腥风血雨
xīng fēng xuè yǔ
  1. 1 lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. reign of terror
  3. 3 carnage
血口喷人
xuè kǒu pēn rén
  1. 1 to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander
  2. 2 malicious attacks
血本无归
xuè běn wú guī
  1. 1 to lose everything one invested (idiom)
  2. 2 to lose one's shirt
血气之勇
xuè qì zhī yǒng
  1. 1 the courage born of stirred emotions (idiom)
血气方刚
xuè qì fāng gāng
  1. 1 full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
血流成河
xuè liú chéng hé
  1. 1 rivers of blood (idiom)
  2. 2 bloodbath
血流漂杵
xuè liú piāo chǔ
  1. 1 enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
  2. 2 blood bath
血盆大口
xuè pén dà kǒu
  1. 1 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
  2. 2 fig. greedy exploiter
  3. 3 rapacious aggressor
血肉模糊
xuè ròu mó hu
  1. 1 to be badly mangled or mutilated (idiom)

Sample Sentences

又不是乱插，是插到穴位里。这样加热过的药可以直接进入身体，调理气血。
yòu bù shì luàn chā ，shì chā dào xuéwèi li 。zhèyàng jiārè guo de yào kěyǐ zhíjiē jìnrù shēntǐ ，tiáolǐ qìxuè 。
They don't just randomly stick you, they find your pressure points. The heat allows the body to immediately respond to the treatment, restoring the body's 'chi'.
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