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血口噴人

简血口喷人 · 繁血口噴人

Mandarin · pinyin xuè kǒu pēn rén

to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander
malicious attacks

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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
喷: pēn · spurt, blow out, puff out

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4–3–1–2 · xue4 kou3 pen1 ren2

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hyut3 hau2 pan3 jan4

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(idiomatic) to make unfounded and malicious attacks upon somebody; to venomously slander

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