# 血脉 (xuèmài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 血脉 (xuèmài) means “blood vessels; bloodline”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: blood vessels; bloodline
- Pinyin: xuèmài (xue4 mai4)
- Traditional: 血脈
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们的血脉里流淌着热血。
  Wǒmen de xuèmài lǐ liútǎng zhe rèxuè.
  Warm blood flows in our veins.

## Characters

- [血](https://hanziro.com/word/xue-blood/) (xuè): blood
- 脉 (mài): arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

https://hanziro.com/word/xue-mai-blood-vessels/

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