Chinese Word: 歃 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

歃

Pinyin: shà

English Definition: to drink

Chinese Definition:
①(歃血)古人盟会时，嘴唇涂上牲畜的血，表示诚意，如“歃歃为盟”。
②用嘴吸取。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 欠

Pictophonetic:臿 indicates the sound; 欠 (breathe) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 臿 [ chā ] to separate the grain from the husk
- 欠 [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

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	歃血	shà xuè	to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)
	歃血为盟	shà xuè wéi méng	to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom); to swear a sacred oath

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