Definition
血缘 (xuè yuán) refers specifically to biological or genetic blood relationship, used in formal, legal, or scientific contexts (e.g., inheritance, family ties). 血脉 (xuè mài) is more literary and figurative, often meaning 'lineage' or 'heritage' and also has the anatomical sense of 'blood vessels'. Use 血缘 when the focus is on genetic connection; use 血脉 for poetic or emotional references to ancestry.
noun
blood relationshipconsanguinity
Easily confused
- 学院xué yuànsound-alikecollege; institute; school
- 学员xué yuánsound-aliketrainee; student (in a training program or institution)
Examples
- 血缘。xuè yuán guānxì shì jiāzú chuánchéng de jīchǔ.Blood relationship is the foundation of family lineage.
- ，血缘。Zài fǎlǜ shàng, xuè yuán guānxì juédìng le jìchéngquán.Legally, blood relationship determines inheritance rights.
- 血缘，。Yǎngfùmǔ suīrán méiyǒu xuè yuán, dàn gǎnqíng shēnhòu.Although adoptive parents have no blood relationship, their bond is deep.
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