血水 (xuè shuǐ) — bloody water; water mixed with blood; thin blood (medical)

Definition

noun
bloody waterwater mixed with bloodthin blood (medical)

Examples

  • 血水。
    Tā de shāng kǒu liú chū le xuè shuǐ.
    Bloody water oozed from his wound.
  • 血水。
    Xǐ yú de shuǐ biàn chéng le xuè shuǐ.
    The water used to wash the fish turned into bloody water.
  • 血水，。
    Dì shàng yǒu yì tān xuè shuǐ, kàn qǐ lái hěn xià rén.
    There was a puddle of bloody water on the ground, which looked scary.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

血xuèblood
水shuǐwater

血 names blood and 水 names water, so the word means watery blood or blood-stained water.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 血 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Open 水 →

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