Definition
出血 is a separable verb-object compound (离合词). It has two main meanings: a medical sense 'to bleed, to hemorrhage', and a colloquial sense 'to spend a lot of money, to fork out'. When you need to insert measure words, durations, or other elements, the verb 出 and the object 血 split apart — for example, 出了很多血 ('lost a lot of blood') or 出了不少血 ('spent quite a bit'). Do not put objects between the two characters directly; instead use a separated form when adding details.
v.o.
(medicine) to hemorrhageto bleed(colloquial) to spend moneyto fork out
Examples
- ，。Tā chū le hěn duō xuè, bìxū mǎshàng sòng yīyuàn.He lost a lot of blood and must be rushed to the hospital immediately.
- ，。Wèile mǎi zhège lǐwù, 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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