leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
Characters in this word
3吸
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to breathe, to suck in, to absorb, to inhale
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3418 of 2500
血
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see 血[xue4]
- Pinyin
- xiě
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1179 of 2500
鬼
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disembodied spirit; ghost; devil, (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc, sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]), one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- Pinyin
- guǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 790 of 2500