经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 菊花 jú huā chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus syn 火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM) syn 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting syn 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn 肝火 gān huǒ irascibility / irritability / (TCM) inflammation of the liver syn 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 五脏 五臟 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4] syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) syn 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 气化 氣化 qì huà to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant 神曲 shén qū medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion) 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 化痰 huà tán to transform phlegm (TCM) 鹿茸 lù róng young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) syn 刮痧 guā shā gua sha (technique in TCM) syn 地黄 地黃 dì huáng Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM 舌苔 shé tāi (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) 心气 心氣 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) syn 橘红 橘紅 jú hóng orange (color) / orange peel (used in TCM) 苦参 苦參 kǔ shēn liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM syn 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 壮阳 壯陽 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 中医学 中醫學 zhōng yī xué traditional Chinese medicine / TCM syn 芍药 芍藥 sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM 白芷 bái zhǐ Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn 板蓝根 板藍根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM) 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) 气虚 氣虛 qì xū deficiency of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) syn 麦冬 麥冬 mài dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM syn 经血 經血 jīng xuè menstruation (TCM) syn 阴虚 陰虛 yīn xū deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yin1] (TCM) 阿胶 阿膠 ē jiāo donkey-hide gelatin (used in TCM) / Taiwan pr. [a1 jiao1] syn 川芎 chuān xiōng chuanxiong rhizome (rhizome of Ligusticum wallichii, used in TCM) syn 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 白芍 bái sháo root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 气口 氣口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM 气滞 氣滯 qì zhì stagnation of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) 通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) 参茸 參茸 shēn róng ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM) 消渴 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes 蛇胆 蛇膽 shé dǎn snake gall (used in TCM) 川贝 川貝 chuān bèi Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM) syn 云英 雲英 yún yīng muscovite, mica (used in TCM) 熊胆 熊膽 xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM) 祛痰 qū tán to dispel phlegm (TCM) 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 知母 zhī mǔ Anemarrhena asphodeloides / rhyzome of Anemarrhena (used in TCM) 刺五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 辨证论治 辨證論治 biàn zhèng lùn zhì holistic diagnosis and treatment (TCM) 玄参 玄參 xuán shēn Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) syn 诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài to feel the pulse (TCM) / Taiwan pr. [zhen3 mo4] syn 传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大会 大會 dà huì general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL:個|个[ge4],屆|届[jie4] 开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn 惯例 慣例 guàn lì convention / usual practice syn 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 公约 公約 gōng yuē convention (i.e. international agreement) syn 墨守成规 墨守成規 mò shǒu chéng guī hidebound by convention (idiom) syn 框框 kuàng kuàng to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction syn 约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn 漫展 màn zhǎn comic convention / anime expo 违拗 違拗 wéi ào to disobey / to defy / to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc) syn 味 wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription syn 温 溫 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 俗 sú custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular syn 积 積 jī to amass / to accumulate / to store up / (math.) product (the result of multiplication) / (TCM) constipation / indigestion syn 络 絡 luò net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body syn 循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn 五脏六腑 五臟六腑 wǔ zàng liù fǔ five viscera and six bowels (TCM) syn 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 问诊 問診 wèn zhěn (TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3] 白蜡树 白蠟樹 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM 虎骨 hǔ gǔ tiger bone (used in TCM) 彝 彞 yí (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention 灸 jiǔ moxibustion (TCM) syn 痨病 癆病 láo bìng tuberculosis (TCM) syn 芷 zhǐ angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 枳壳 枳殼 zhǐ qiào bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM) 