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The character 泻, meaning to have diarrhea or to flow swiftly, is the simplified form of the traditional character 瀉. Its traditional structure combines the water radical (氵) on the left with 寫 (xiě, to write or copy) on the right, indicating an action related to water or fluid movement. The phonetic component 寫 also carried a sense of conveying or transferring, which contributed to the character's early meanings of water flowing out or draining away, such as in the context of tides ebbing. Over time, its primary meaning narrowed specifically to the rapid outflow of bodily fluids, becoming the standard term for diarrhea. The modern simplified form 泻 retains the water radical but replaces the complex right-hand component with the simpler 写, which is itself a simplified form of 寫.
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他腹泻了好几天。
医生给我开了止泻药。
洪水倾泻而下，淹没了道路。
他的一番话像在发泄情绪。
这种药的主要功效是泻火。
瀑布从山崖上飞泻，景色壮观。
感情的闸门一旦打开，便倾泻而出。
长期腹泻会导致电解质紊乱和脱水。