血色 (xuè sè) — the red color of blood; scarlet; rosy or flush…

Definition

Literary/literatus word for the red color of blood, or a person's rosy complexion (usually in 一点儿血色都没有, meaning pale/sickly).

noun

the red color of bloodscarletrosy or flush complexion (often in negative construction: 没有血色)

血色。
Xī yáng bǎ tiān kōng rǎn chéng le xuè sè.
The sunset dyed the sky blood-red.
，血色。
Tā bìng le hǎo jiǔ, liǎn shàng yì diǎn xuè sè dōu méi yǒu.
She was sick for a long time, with no color in her face at all.
血色，。
Zhè jiàn dà yī de xuè sè hěn zhèng, kàn qǐ lái hěn gāo guì.
The scarlet color of this coat is very true and looks elegant.

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.

The 血 part specifies the color referred to by 色, giving blood-red color or complexion.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.

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