血流

xuèliú

noun #14,080

Meanings

1 blood flow; bloodstream

Characters

to flow; stream

Examples

运动可以促进血流循环。

Yùndòng kěyǐ cùjìn xuèliú xúnhuán.

Exercise can promote blood circulation.

伤口的血流很快就止住了。

Shāngkǒu de xuèliú hěnkuài jiù zhǐzhù le.

The blood flow from the wound was quickly stopped.

Tips

usage

血流 appears in several dramatic idioms: 血流成河 (xuèliúchénghé, rivers of blood — a bloodbath) and 血流如注 (xuèliúrúzhù, blood flowing like a stream — bleeding profusely).

Stroke Order

血 xuè

流 liú