缓解 緩解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) syn 疼痛 téng tòng pain / (of a body part) to be painful / to be sore / to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain syn 刺痛 cì tòng to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain 剧痛 劇痛 jù tòng acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang 止痛 zhǐ tòng to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic 绞痛 絞痛 jiǎo tòng sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 痛定思痛 tòng dìng sī tòng to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience syn 闪痛 閃痛 shǎn tòng stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain 抽痛 chōu tòng to throb with pain / throbbing pain / twang / pang / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] 洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners 压痛 壓痛 yā tòng (medicine) tenderness / pain experienced when touched or palpated 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 痹证 痺證 bì zhèng localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) / arthralgia syndrome / bi disorder 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 国际法医学和社会医学学会 國際法醫學和社會醫學學會 International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine 药食同源 藥食同源 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine 特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine syn 淡淡 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 无味 無味 wú wèi flavorless / unpalatable / odorless / dull / uninteresting syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 呆滞 呆滯 dāi zhì dull / lifeless / sluggish syn 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 无趣 無趣 wú qù dull / vapid / colorless 没趣 沒趣 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 愚鲁 愚魯 yú lǔ dull-witted / foolish syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn 黯 àn (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy 瘟 wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster syn 呆头呆脑 獃頭獃腦 dāi tóu dāi nǎo oafish / dull-witted syn 索然无味 索然無味 suǒ rán wú wèi dull / insipid syn 板滞 板滯 bǎn zhì stiff / dull syn 憃 chōng foolish / stupid / dull / silly 怚 jù dull, stupid, suspicious 半明不灭 半明不滅 bàn míng bù miè dull (lamplight) 单调乏味 單調乏味 dān diào fá wèi monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom) 心拙口笨 xīn zhuō kǒu bèn dull-witted and tongue-tied 灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 无精打彩 無精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively 眄眄 miàn miàn dull-looking / looking askance 迂讷 迂訥 yū nè overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation 暗滞 暗滯 àn zhì dull (complexion) 索然寡味 suǒ rán guǎ wèi dull and insipid 驽钝 nú dùn (literary) dull / slow-witted syn 呆傻 dāi shǎ stupid / foolish / dull-witted syn 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear syn 心痛 xīn tòng to feel distressed about sth / heartache / cardiac pain 伤痛 傷痛 shāng tòng pain (from wound) / sorrow syn 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn 痛楚 tòng chǔ pain / anguish / suffering syn 哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey / ow / ouch / interjection of pain or surprise syn 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn 腹痛 fù tòng bellyache / stomach pain 苦痛 kǔ tòng pain / suffering syn 痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn 胸闷 胸悶 xiōng mēn chest pain / chest distress 难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear 痛经 痛經 tòng jīng period pain / menstrual cramps / dysmenorrhea 无痛 無痛 wú tòng painless / pain-free 疾苦 jí kǔ pain and difficulties / suffering (of the people) syn 苦楚 kǔ chǔ suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological) syn 镇痛 鎮痛 zhèn tòng to suppress pain 硬撑 硬撐 yìng chēng to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc syn 离愁 離愁 lí chóu parting sorrow / pain of separation 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 钻心 鑽心 zuān xīn to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) 哎呦 āi yōu (interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc) / Oh my! / Uh-oh! / Ah! / Ouch! 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 啊哟 啊喲 ā yo interjection of surprise or pain / Oh / Ow / My goodness! 哎唷 āi yō interjection of pain or surprise / also written 哎喲|哎哟 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 心如刀绞 心如刀絞 xīn rú dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) 长吁短叹 長吁短嘆 cháng xū duǎn tàn long moan and short gasp (idiom) / continually moaning and groaning in pain syn 切肤之痛 切膚之痛 qiè fū zhī tòng keenly felt pain / bitter anguish syn 痛痒 痛癢 tòng yǎng pain and itch / sufferings / importance / consequence syn 止痛剂 止痛劑 zhǐ tòng jì an analgesic / pain killer 苦 kǔ bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly syn 痛 tòng ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly syn 不胜其苦 不勝其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ unable to bear the pain (idiom) 倒悬之苦 倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 