毁谤 毀謗 huǐ bàng slander / libel / to malign / to disparage syn 雌黄 雌黃 cí huáng orpiment / arsenic trisulfide As2S3 / make changes in writing / malign / criticize without grounds syn 梦魔 夢魔 mèng mó night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep) 幕后黑手 幕後黑手 mù hòu hēi shǒu malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand 倃 jiù to malign / to slander 黑手 hēi shǒu (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer syn 命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point 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 不好看 bù hǎo kàn unattractive / sore sight 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 心病 xīn bìng anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine) syn 痛处 痛處 tòng chù sore spot / place that hurts syn 酸疼 suān téng (of muscles) to ache / sore 疮口 瘡口 chuāng kǒu wound / open sore 酸 suān sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid syn 疼 téng (it) hurts / sore / to love dearly syn 疮 瘡 chuāng sore / skin ulcer syn 瘩 dá sore / boil / scab 疖 癤 jié pimple / sore / boil syn 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 痠 suān variant of 酸[suan1] / to ache / to be sore 哪壶不开提哪壶 哪壺不開提哪壺 nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom) / to touch a sore spot / to talk about sb's weak point 心结 心結 xīn jié a matter that gnaws at one's mind / preoccupation / sore point / rancor 发痛 發痛 fā tòng to ache / to be sore / to feel painful 输不起 輸不起 shū bù qǐ to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose 咽峡炎 咽峽炎 yān xiá yán angina / sore throat 痛点 痛點 tòng diǎn pain point / sore point 溃脓 潰膿 huì nóng (of a sore etc) to fester / to ulcerate 疮疡 瘡瘍 chuāng yáng sore / skin ulcer 疖 癤 jiē pimple / sore / boil / Taiwan pr. [jie2] syn 痛脚 痛腳 tòng jiǎo (fig.) sore spot 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 菊花 jú huā chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus syn 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (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 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 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 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 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 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 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 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 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) syn 脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn 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 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 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 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 中医学 中醫學 zhōng yī xué traditional Chinese medicine / TCM syn 化痰 huà tán to transform phlegm (TCM) 芍药 芍藥 sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) / common herbaceous peony / peony used in TCM 神曲 shén qū medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion) 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 白芷 bái zhǐ Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) 鹿茸 lù róng young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) syn 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn 肝火 gān huǒ irascibility / irritability / (TCM) inflammation of the liver syn 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 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 心气 心氣 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 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 刮痧 guā shā gua sha (technique in TCM) 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 地黄 地黃 dì huáng Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM 气口 氣口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM 舌苔 shé tāi (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) 气滞 氣滯 qì zhì stagnation of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) 橘红 橘紅 jú hóng orange (color) / orange peel (used in 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) 苦参 苦參 kǔ shēn liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM syn 熊胆 熊膽 xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM) 祛痰 qū tán to dispel phlegm (TCM) 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (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 