出血 (chū xuè) — (medicine) to hemorrhage; to bleed; (colloquial) to spend money; to fork out
Definition
出血 literally means 'to bleed' and is used in medical contexts for hemorrhaging. Colloquially it is a vivid metaphor for spending a lot of money (literally 'shed blood' = 'fork out cash').
verb
(medicine) to hemorrhageto bleed(colloquial) to spend moneyto fork out
Examples
- ，。Tā chū le hěn duō xuè, bì xū mǎ shàng sòng yī yuàn.He lost a lot of blood and must be rushed to the hospital immediately.
- ，。Wèi le mǎi zhè ge lǐ wù, wǒ chū le bù shǎo xuè.To buy this gift, I spent quite a lot of money.
- 出血。Tā zhè cì yòu chū xuè le.He forked out again this time.
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