放血

fong3 hyut3

(TCM) to practice bloodletting · (medicine) to perform phlebotomy · (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds

Meanings

  1. (TCM) to practice bloodletting
  2. (medicine) to perform phlebotomy
  3. (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds
  4. (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money
  5. (fig.) to reduce prices drastically

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