- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 土(earth; soil; ground; land)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth spewing out like earth being pushed up is the action of spitting out.
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吐血
吐血
to cough up blood
2 meanings#41767
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to cough up blood
- ，。
He coughed up blood and looked very weak.
- 貳动verb
(coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
- 。
He was so angry that he felt like spitting blood.
COLLOCATIONS2 collocations
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 皿(bowl; dish)RADICAL
- 丿(drop of blood; blood drop)ASSOCIATIVE
Blood is a small red drop of liquid flowing down into a bowl—picturing blood dripping into a vessel.
吐血
Traditional吐
to cough up blood
2 meanings#41767
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to cough up blood
- ，。
He coughed up blood and looked very weak.
- 貳动verb
(coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
- 。
He was so angry that he felt like spitting blood.
COLLOCATIONS2 collocations
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 土(earth; soil; ground; land)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth spewing out like earth being pushed up is the action of spitting out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 皿(bowl; dish)RADICAL
- 丿(drop of blood; blood drop)ASSOCIATIVE
Blood is a small red drop of liquid flowing down into a bowl—picturing blood dripping into a vessel.
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