Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shed blood; to bleed: "lưu huyết" refers to the act of causing blood to flow, often as a result of violence, injury, or sacrifice. It is an archaic or literary term.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chiến tranh khiến nhiều người phải lưu huyết. (War causes many people to shed blood.)
  • Vết thương khiến anh ấy lưu huyết nhiều. (The wound caused him to bleed profusely.)

Advanced Usage

• "lưu huyết thành sông": to shed so much blood that it forms a river (a hyperbolic, literary expression for great bloodshed or massacre).
  • Trận chiến ấy đã lưu huyết thành sông. (That battle resulted in a river of blood being shed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chảy máu (verb): to bleed (the common, modern equivalent).
  • Ngón tay tôi đang chảy máu. (My finger is bleeding.)
• Đổ máu (verb): to spill blood (often used in contexts of conflict or sacrifice, more common than "lưu huyết").
  • Họ sẵn sàng đổ máu vì độc lập. (They are willing to spill blood for independence.)

Synonyms

• Băng huyết (verb): to hemorrhage (specifically for heavy, often internal bleeding, especially postpartum).
• Xuất huyết (verb): to hemorrhage; to have a hemorrhage (a medical term).

Notes on Usage

• "Lưu huyết" is an infrequently used, archaic, or literary term in modern Vietnamese. In everyday language, "chảy máu" or "đổ máu" are strongly preferred.
• It primarily conveys a sense of significant or violent bloodshed rather than a minor cut.

1. (ít dùng) Shed blood