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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 放血

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
放血 fàng xiě - (TCM) to practice bloodletting
- (medicine) to perform phlebotomy
- (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds
- (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money
- (fig.) to reduce prices drastically

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 24,633 33,593 25,367

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
放 fàng- to put
- to place
- to release
- to free
- to let go
- to let out
- to set off (fireworks)
血 xiě- see 血[xue4]
血 xuè- blood
- colloquial pr. [xie3]
- CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Other Words Containing 放血

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
放血 - - 24,633 33,593 25,367