xuè kǒu pēn réndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to spit blood (idiom) / venomous slander / malicious attacks
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

血口噴人 血口喷人 [xue4 kou3 pen1 ren2] /to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander/malicious attacks/

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Other forms in these source records: 血口噴人

  • 血
    xuè

    blood (CL:滴[dī]) / colloquial pr. [xiě] or [xuě]

  • 口
    kǒu

    mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

  • 喷
    pēn

    to spout / to spurt / to spray / to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)

    pèn

    (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)

  • 人

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