血盟

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Chinese

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blood
oath; pledge; union
oath; pledge; union; to ally
 
simp. and trad.
(血盟)

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血盟

  1. (historical) blood-oath (an oath in which participants drank blood in order to seal a pact)
    勾踐使使號令血盟 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    勾践使使号令血盟 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 吳越春秋
    Gōujiàn nǎi shǐ shǐ hàolìng Qí, Chǔ, Qín, Jìn jiē fǔ Zhōu shì, xuèméng ér qù. [Pinyin]
    Goujian then ordered the emissary to command Qi, Chu, Qin, and Jin to support the Zhou [royal] house, and they left after a blood-oath.