見血封喉

Chinese

	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	blood	to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	throat; larynx
trad. (見血封喉)	見	血	封	喉
simp. (见血封喉)	见	血	封	喉
Literally: “to suffocate and die at once when the sap meets the blood(stream)”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànxuèfēnghóu, jiànxuěfēnghóu, jiànxiěfēnghóu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ, ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ, ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxuèfēnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsyuèfonghóu
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsüeh⁴-fêng¹-hou²
  - Yale: jyàn-sywè-fēng-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshiuehfenghour
  - Palladius: цзяньсюэфэнхоу (czjanʹsjuefɛnxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxuěfēnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsyuěfonghóu
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsüeh³-fêng¹-hou²
  - Yale: jyàn-sywě-fēng-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannsheuefenghour
  - Palladius: цзяньсюэфэнхоу (czjanʹsjuefɛnxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxiěfēnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄥㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsiěfonghóu
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsieh³-fêng¹-hou²
  - Yale: jyàn-syě-fēng-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshieefenghour
  - Palladius: цзяньсефэнхоу (czjanʹsefɛnxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

見血封喉

upas (Antiaris toxicaria)

Synonyms