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吐血
Mandarin · pinyin tù xiě
Meanings
- to cough up blood
- (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
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4–3 · tu4 xie3
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verb
- (medicine) to vomit blood
- (figurative) to be very excited, angry or frustrated
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless
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