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失血 (shī xuè) — to lose blood, to hemorrhage

Definition

Medical term meaning 'to lose blood / hemorrhage' — stronger and more clinical than the everyday '流血' (to bleed).

verb
to lose bloodto hemorrhage

Examples

  • 失血。
    Tā yīn wèi shòu shāng shī xuè guò duō ér hūn mí le.
    He lost too much blood from the injury and fell unconscious.
  • ，。
    Zhè cì shǒu shù tā shī le hěn duō xuè, xū yào shū xuè.
    During this surgery she lost a lot of blood and needs a transfusion.
  • 失血，。
    Yī shēng shuō tā shī xuè yán zhòng, bì xū lì jí zhǐ xuè.
    The doctor said his blood loss is severe and must be stopped immediately.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

失shīlose
血xuèblood

Lose and blood combine to mean hemorrhage or loss of blood.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape is explained as a fallen person's footprint surrounded by drops of blood; another reading pairs 手 (hand) and 乙 to show something falling from a hand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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