吸血鬼 xī xuè guǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. leech
  2. bloodsucking vermin
  3. vampire (translated European notion)
  4. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

CHARACTERS

吸 xī inhale, suck in; absorb; attract
血 xuè blood; radical number 143
鬼 guǐ ghost; spirit of dead; devil