放血

Chinese

 
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
blood
simp. and trad.
(放血)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fàngxuè, fàngxuě, fàngxiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  • Min Nan (POJ): pàng-hoeh / pàng-huih

Verb

放血

  1. (medicine) to let blood; to phlebotomise
  2. (colloquial) to make someone bleed
  3. (colloquial, figuratively) to sell at reduced prices (even if there is nil profit)
  4. (colloquial, figuratively) to pay money; to lose money
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