Definition
大出血 is a compound noun meaning 'massive hemorrhage' in medicine. In colloquial Chinese, it is widely used figuratively to mean 'a huge financial loss' or 'a big expense' — similar to the English idiom 'bleeding money'. It often appears in contexts of spending a lot or losing a lot of money, e.g., 这次购物让我大出血 ('this shopping trip bled me dry').
n.
(medical) massive hemorrhage(figurative, colloquial) a huge financial loss or large expenditure
Examples
- 大出血，。Yīshēng shuō tā chūxiàn le dà, xūyào mǎshàng shǒushù.The doctor said he had a massive hemorrhage and needed surgery immediately.
- 大出血，。Zhè cì chūguó lǚxíng ràng wǒ dà le, huā le liǎng gè yuè de gōngzī.This overseas trip bled me dry — I spent two months' salary.
- 大出血，。Gōngsī zhè cì kuīsǔn zhēn shì dà, jīhū pòchǎn le.The company's loss this time was a massive hemorrhage; it nearly went bankrupt.
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