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吸血鬼

xī xuè guǐ

3-character word

What 吸血鬼 means

1. leech
2. bloodsucking vermin
3. vampire (translated European notion)
4. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

The characters in 吸血鬼

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě
• 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…

Example sentences

• 吸血鬼喝血。
  Vampires drink blood.
• 你是吸血鬼吗？
  Nǐ shì xīxuèguǐ ma?
  Are you a vampire?
• 吸血鬼有味觉吗？
  Xīxuèguǐ yǒu wèijué ma?
  Do vampires have a sense of taste?
• 汤姆打扮成吸血鬼。
  Tom is dressed as a vampire.
• 唐纳德也是吸血鬼。
  Donald was also a vampire.
• 汤姆变成了吸血鬼。
  Tom turned into a vampire.