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血脈僨張

简血脉偾张 · 繁血脈僨張

Mandarin · pinyin xuè mài fèn zhāng

(lit.) blood vessels swell wide (idiom)
(fig.) one's blood runs quicker; to be excited

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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
脈: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries
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張: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
脉: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries
偾: fèn · ruin, cause fail; overthrown
张: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet

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4–4–4–1 · xue4 mai4 fen4 zhang1

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