吸血
xī xiě
Pinyin

Definition

吸血
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xī xiě
  1. to suck blood

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
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
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
吸附
xī fù
  1. 1 to adhere to a surface
  2. 2 to absorb
  3. 3 to draw in
  4. 4 (fig.) to attract
  5. 5 (chemistry) adsorption

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

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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都什么时候了，你还在开玩笑。我是说真的，再比如说，如果遇上野人，大脚怪，吸血蝙蝠......
dōu shénme shíhou le ，nǐ hái zài kāi wánxiào 。wǒ shì shuō zhēnde ，zài bǐrú shuō ，rúguǒ yùshàng yěrén ，dàjiǎoguài ，xīxiě biānfú ......
You're still making jokes at a time like this? I'm telling the truth. Also, what about if we bump into a wild man, or Bigfoot, or vampire bats....
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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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