吐血 (tǔ) — (verb, separable) to spit blood (literal); (colloquial, figurative) to be extremely frustrated, to have a terrible time; to be fed up; (noun) spitting blood (medical condition)
Definition
Literal 'spit blood' (a medical symptom), used as a colloquial exaggeration for being extremely frustrated or overwhelmed — like English 'it's killing me'. The verb is separable: 吐血 → 吐…血 (e.g., 吐了一口血).
verb
(verb, separable) to spit blood (literal)(colloquial, figurative) to be extremely frustratedto have a terrible timeto be fed up
noun
spitting blood (medical condition)
Examples
- ，。Tā ké dé lì hài, tǔ le hǎo jǐ kǒu xuè.He coughed badly and spat several mouthfuls of blood.
- ，吐血。Zhè ge xiàng mù tài nán le, wǒ kuài tǔ le.This project is too hard — it's killing me!
- 吐血。tǔ Shì yì zhǒng xū yào jí shí zhì liáo de bìng zhèng.Spitting blood is a condition that requires timely treatment.
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