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xuè

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Meaning

Measure word

or 片 piàn

Example sentence

血浓于水。

xuè nóng yú shuǐ

Blood is thicker than water.

The character 血

draws a drop above a vessel: blood offered at a sacrifice. 流血 to bleed, 血压 blood pressure — and though the dictionary reading is xuè, what you will hear in speech is xiě.

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