放血

放血	fàng xiě	(TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
放	fàng	to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
血	xiě	see 血
血	xuè	blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴,片