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吐血

Mandarin · pinyin tù xiě

to cough up blood
(coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)

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吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143

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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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