血债

血債

xuèzhài

noun #12,949

Meanings

1 debt of blood
2 blood debt (incurred by killing someone)

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Examples

HSK 7-9

血债要用血来偿。

Xuèzhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng.

A debt of blood must be paid in blood.

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usage

血债 is a serious, literary term. It appears in political and historical writing about massacres and atrocities, often in the phrase 血债累累 (heavy blood debts).

Stroke Order

血 xuè

债 zhài