输血 shūxuè to transfuse blood
to transfuse blood; to give aid and support
How to remember 输血: 输 lose + 血 blood = to transfuse blood.
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- To transfuse blood - 病人需要输血 (bìngrén xūyào shūxuè) the patient needs a blood transfusion.
- Also a vivid figurative "injecting fresh support/capital": 给企业输血 (gěi qǐyè shūxuè) to give a business a financial lifeline.
- Note reading 血 (xuè). Literal medical sense plus the metaphor of pumping in outside aid to keep something alive.